Every living thing has to die in its time. It is a bitter reality of life that we scare to think about but we can stop it.
While people avoid talking about death, dying, loss, end of life, etc. because of its plague, some of the famous writers, philosophers, poets and scholars have tried and made sense of the eventuality we all have to face. From cynical to profound, reflective to encouraging, inspiring to downright funny, these death quote, quotes about death has collected here by quote to inspire you to live a meaningful life. Enjoy!
FAMOUS DEATH QUOTES – QUOTES ABOUT DEATH
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, but love leaves a memory that no one can steal. – Unknown
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. – Henry Van Dyke
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. – Napoleon Bonaparte
I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens. ― Woody Allen
Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once. – William Shakespeare
Dying is like coming to the end of a long novel, you only regret it if the ride was enjoyable and left you wanting more. – Jerome P Crabb
Death is the last intimate thing we ever do. – Laurell K Hamilton
The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear. – Silvetris
I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. – Woody Allen
Death is the cure for all diseases. – Thomas Browne
Good byes are not forever, are not the end, it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again. – Unknown
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many and the end of all. – Unknown
The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It’s walking toward me, without hurrying. – Jean Cocteau
A thousand times we die in one life. We crumble break and tear apart until the layers of illusion are burned away and all that is left, is the truth of who and what we really are. – Teal Scott
We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love. – Madame de Stael
Do not seek death, death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. – Unknown
Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying. – Christian Furchtegott Gellert
When you learn how to die, you learn how to live. – Morrie Schwartz
QUOTES ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH
The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live. – Norman Cousins
Life asked Death, why do people love me but hate you? Death responded: because you are a beautiful lie and I’m a painful truth. – Unknown
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? – Edgar Allan Poe
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – Mark Twain
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.― Terry Pratchett
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. ― Haruki Murakami
Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the force. – Yoda
Life is a path; death is a destination.
It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. – Jim Morrison
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci
We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free. – Bill Hicks
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT DEATH
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. – Isaac AsimovEvery man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. – Ernest Hemingway
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. – Tecumseh
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. – Virginia Woolf
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ― J.K. Rowling
Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell. – Henry Ward Beecher
Everything that gets born dies. – Morrie Schwartz
Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. – Steve Jobs
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. – Robert Green Ingersoll
Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order. – David Gerrold
Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day…. Unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear!
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. – Norman Cousins
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. – Unknown
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever. The goal is to create something that will. – Unknown
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. – Martin Luther King Jr
There is no death. Only a change of worlds. – Chief Seattle
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