101 Inspirational Quotes About Death & Life (COMFORT)

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Top 11 Most Famous Quotes About Death

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. - Mark Twain — The **fear** of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – **Mark Twain**

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. - Norman Cousins — Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. – Norman Cousins

I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. - Jimi Hendrix — I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s **time** for me to die, so let me live my **life** the way I want to. – **Jimi Hendrix**

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. - Charles Bukowski — We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. – **Charles Bukowski**

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. - Socrates — Death may be the greatest of all human **blessings**. – **Socrates**

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. - J.K. Rowling — To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great **adventure**. – **J.K. Rowling**

You only live twice Once when you’re born and once when you look death in the face. - Ian Fleming — You only live twice: Once when you’re born and once when you look death in the face. – **Ian Fleming**

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion to death. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross — Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion to death. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. - Marcus Tullius Cicero — The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. – **Marcus Tullius Cicero**

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death. - Walt Whitman — Nothing can happen more **beautiful** than death. – **Walt Whitman**

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 - Chuck Palahniuk — 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? – Chuck Palahniuk

14 Wise Quotes About Death That Will Remind You To Value Life More

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
Hunter S. Thompson

The meaning of life is that it stops. - Franz Kafka — The meaning of life is that it stops. – **Franz Kafka**

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance. - Khalil Gibran — For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance. – **Khalil Gibran**

If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right. - Steve Jobs — If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right. – **Steve Jobs**

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now. - Leo Babauta — The life you have left is a **gift**. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now. – **Leo Babauta**

If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. - Martin Luther King Jr. — If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. – **Martin Luther King Jr.**

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. - Euripides — No one can **confidently** say that he will still be living tomorrow. – **Euripides**

Nothing in life is promised except death. - Kanye West — Nothing in life is promised except death. – **Kanye West**

I want to be all used up when I die. - George Bernard Shaw — I want to be all used up when I die. – **George Bernard Shaw**

We will all, someday, experience death, and become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a tree, crushed by passers-by to ashes underlying the earth. - Kim Elizabeth — We will all, someday, **experience** death, and become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a tree, crushed by passers-by to ashes underlying the earth. – Kim Elizabeth

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. - Benjamin Franklin — Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75. – **Benjamin Franklin**

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. - Napoleon Bonaparte — Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. – **Napoleon Bonaparte**

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. - Virginia Woolf — Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. – **Virginia Woolf**

Sometimes the strong die, too. - Louis Gosset Jr. — Sometimes the strong die, too. – Louis Gosset Jr.

19 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Death

“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
Sarah Dessen

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. - Haruki Murakami — Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. – **Haruki Murakami**

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. - Isaac Asimov — Life is pleasant. Death is **peaceful**. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. – Isaac Asimov

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. - Joseph Stalin — A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. – Joseph Stalin

Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders. - Federico García Lorca — Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders. – Federico García Lorca

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back. - Marcus Aurelius — Death **smiles** at us all, all a man can do is smile back. – **Marcus Aurelius**

What do we say to the Lord of Death 'Not today.'. - George R.R. Martin — What do we say to the Lord of Death? ‘Not today.’. – **George R.R. Martin**

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca — Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne — Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations. – Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

The goal of all life is death. - Sigmund Freud — The goal of all life is death. – **Sigmund Freud**

After all, what’s a life, anyway We’re born, we live a little while, we die. - E.B. White — After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die. – E.B. White

It kills me sometimes, how people die. - Markus Zusak — It kills me sometimes, how people die. – Markus Zusak

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. - Horace Mann — Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for **humanity**. – Horace Mann

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 — 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

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. - Helen Keller — Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. – **Helen Keller**

If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die. - Maya Angelou — If we lose **love** and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die. – **Maya Angelou**

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. - Oscar Wilde — A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. – **Oscar Wilde**

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life. - Terry Pratchett — It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life. – Terry Pratchett

When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. - Laurie Halse Anderson — When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. – Laurie Halse Anderson

11 Quotes About Death That Will Help You Live Life to The Fullest

“It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods - Thomas Babington Macaulay — And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? – Thomas Babington Macaulay

You'll have time to rest when you're dead. - Robert De Niro — You’ll have time to rest when you’re dead. – Robert De Niro

“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
Langston Hughes

I intend to live forever, or die trying. - Groucho Marx — I intend to live forever, or die trying. – Groucho Marx

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. - William Shakespeare — Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. – **William Shakespeare**

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. - Corazon Aquino — I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. – Corazon Aquino

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. - Henry Van Dyke — Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. – **Henry Van Dyke**

I don't want to die without any scars. - Chuck Palahniuk — I don’t want to die without any scars. – Chuck Palahniuk

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. - Susan Ertz — Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. – Susan Ertz

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. - Jack Kerouac — I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. – Jack Kerouac

6 Quotes About Death That Will Comfort You

“We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. Not so in heaven. When heaven sees a breathless body, it sees the vacated cocoon & the liberated butterfly.”
Max Lucado

How people die remains in the memory of those who live on. - Dame Cicely Saunders — How people die remains in the memory of those who live on. – Dame Cicely Saunders

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. - Albert Pike — What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert Pike

If I can see pain in your eyes, then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes, then share with me your smile. - Santosh Kalwar — If I can see pain in your eyes, then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes, then share with me your smile. – Santosh Kalwar

Honest listening is one of the best medicines we can offer the dying and the bereaved. - Jean Cameron — **Honest** listening is one of the best medicines we can offer the dying and the bereaved. – Jean Cameron

What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. - Helen Keller — What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. – Helen Keller

7 Quotes About Fearing Death

“Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change.”
Isabel Allende

Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out. - Mitch Albom — Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature **endures**. A fear of time running out. – **Mitch Albom**

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. - Mark Twain — I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. – Mark Twain

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. - Marcus Aurelius — It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. – Marcus Aurelius

He who doesn't fear death dies only once. - Giovanni Falcone — He who doesn’t fear death dies only once. – Giovanni Falcone

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. - Bertolt Brecht — Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. – Bertolt Brecht

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. - Francis Bacon — Men fear death as **children** fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon

8 Quotes About Death of a Loved One

“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”
Lemony Snicket

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. - George Eliot — Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. – **George Eliot**

And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief. - William Cullen Bryant — And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief. – William Cullen Bryant

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. - Harriet Beecher-Stowe — The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. – Harriet Beecher-Stowe

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him. - Madeline Miller — When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him. – Madeline Miller

If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. - James O’Barr — If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. – James O’Barr

The death of a beloved is an amputation. - C. S. Lewis — The death of a beloved is an amputation. – **C. S. Lewis**

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies. - Gustave Flaubert — A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies. – **Gustave Flaubert**

2 Quotes About Death of a Father

“My father took to his grave the short-sleeved, beer-swilling men of summer, big bellies, raucous laughter, pipe smoke and the aroma of cigars. My daddy is really gone and his vacant place is my cold, hard border. As always, my life is framed by his absence.”
Bebe Moore Campbell

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. - Bessie Anderson Stanley — He has achieved **success** who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. – Bessie Anderson Stanley

2 Quotes About Death of a Mother

Losing a mother doesn't happen in a moment. It takes years to appreciate the impact of what's gone. - Lisa-Jo Baker — Losing a **mother** doesn’t happen in a moment. It takes years to **appreciate** the impact of what’s gone. – Lisa-Jo Baker

She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings. - Ariana Dancu — She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings. – Ariana Dancu

3 Quotes About Death and Love

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.”
Anais Nin