Life & Death Quotes

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

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.

Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.

Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.

My life is my message.

If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of their purgatorial sufferings), then for both lovers, and for all pairs of lovers without exception, bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

A grave is a place where the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter.'' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.

Only those who are fit to live do not fear to die. And none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same great adventure.

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

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.