Quotes about Death

“A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.”

“Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.”

“The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.”

“To some extent I liken slavery to death.”

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

“The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.”

“Coming close to death you begin to know what life means, and what it means is gratitude.”

“Everything that gets born dies.”

“It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”

“Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.”

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

“Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.”

“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?”

“The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.”

“Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.”

“There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.”

“For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.”

“Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.”

“I have six brothers, and in the past I've done quite a few girlie films, like 'Wild Child' and 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging' - so when they've been to those, they've been incredibly embarrassed. They won't be embarrassed going to see 'Black Death' - I reckon they're going to love it.”

“I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.”

“I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.”