Death Quotes

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75."

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."

"If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"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?"

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."

"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."

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."

"The idea is to die young as late as possible."

"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them."

"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

"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."

"I intend to live forever, or die trying."

"Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."

"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

"Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'"

"You'll have time to rest when you're dead."

"Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive."

"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."

"In the long run we are all dead."

"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."