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Like life is like a river, it is flowing, beautiful, and ongoing similarly death is like a mountain, huge, harsh, and true. It is just there in front of you, every moment of every day of your life, you just don’t know when you will have to deal with it. But no matter however hard it is to accept death, but the truth is that death is the only true destination of each and every one of us, and it signifies that no matter what or how we do in life, at the end, we are all destined for the same end and that is why, be humble. So here we have brought the best collection of Death Quotes and Sayings that will help you understand that you should never fear death as it is inevitable and at the end, everyone is going to meet at the other end of this world.
Great poets and writers have written about death. Reading them makes death seem poetic and beautiful where in reality it is just heartbreaking and tough. Maybe writers all around the world are doing us a favor by helping us in seeing death with a little bit of comfort.
So here are the best Death Quotes and Sayings that will help you see death from a different point. Maybe we just move from this world to some other when we die, who knows, enjoy life till you can:
Death Quotes
1. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” – Norman Cousins
2. “Nothing is ever certain.” – Alice Sebold
3. “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
4. “Endings are not always bad. Most times they’re just beginnings in disguise.” – Kim Harrison
5. “It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called life.” – Terry Pratchett
6. “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” – J.K. Rowling
7. “Every 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
8. “I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.” – Ludovico Ariosto
9. “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” – Marcus Aurelius
10. “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” – George Eliot
11. “The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.” – James Patterson
12. “Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.” – Jo Nesbo
13. “Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.” – Tecumseh
14. “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” – Steve Jobs
15. “They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.” – Banksy
16. “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.” – Edvard Munch
17. “When it’s time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.” – Henry David Thoreau
18. “Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.” – Leo Buscaglia
19. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” – Rumi
20. “You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end.” – Stephen King
21. “To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell
22. “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” – Haruki Murakami
23. “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” – Chuck Palahniuk
24. “That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.” – Emily Dickinson
25. “It is not length of life, but depth of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
26. “People living deeply have no fear of death.” – Anaïs Nin
27. “For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” – Kahlil Gibran
28. “A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” – Lao Tzu
29. “No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.” – Terry Pratchett
30. “Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.” – Michael Landon
31. “Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion to death.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
32. “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
33. “When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity. When your love touches someone’s pain, it becomes compassion.” – Stephen Levine
34. “What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
35. “Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” – Henry James
36. “When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” – Madeline Miller
37. “But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going into every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.” – Mitch Albom,
38. “Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.” – Jonathan Harnisch
39. “The death of a beloved is an amputation.” – C. S. Lewis
40. “For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms. ” – Lurlene McDaniel
Life and Death Quotes
41. “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
42. “When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” – Kahlil Gibran
43. “Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson
44. “Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” –Unknown
45. “What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness.” – Thomas Bailey
46. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” – Norman Cousins
47. “One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.” – Unknown
48. “Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.” – Henry van Dyke
49. “It is as natural to die as it is to be born.” – Francis Bacon
50. “All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.” – Edward Young
51. “To fear death is to misunderstand life.” – Unknown
52. “If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death” – Samuel Butler
53. “Death can come at any age, but the pride of life fools a person into thinking that day is far away.” – John Buttrick
54. “None of us knows the day of our death. However, if we knew that death is actually our acquisition, we would remove the fear of death from our lives.” – Sunday Adelaja
55. “It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
56. “Death is but a door, time is but a window. I’ll be back!” – Ghostbusters II
57. “Death is nature’s way of saying, ‘Your table is ready.’” – Robin Williams
Inspirational Quotes About Death
58. “If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words they’re gone. They’ll come back.” – Prince
59. “How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?” – Carson McCullers
60. “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” – Chuck Palahniuk
61. “I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” – Winston Churchill
62. “Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.” – Nelson Mandela
63. “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” – Steve Jobs
64. “While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.” – Leonardo da Vinci
65. “Death is not the end of life; it is the beginning of an eternal journey.” – Debasish Mridha
66. “Not only is death inevitable; death is necessary for us to inherit the new life we are to enjoy in Christ.” – Max Lucado
67. “Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.” – Mother Teresa
68. “To die will be an awfully big adventure.” – Peter Pan
69. “Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you” – Welcome to Night Vale
70. “The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and the other begins?” – Edgar Allan Poe
71. “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
72. “Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.” – Langston Hughes
73. “Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.” – Proverb
Death Quotes For Friend
74. “We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.” – Henry Ward Beecher
75. “The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb.” – German Proverb
76. “Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” – Jack Thorne
77. “Even the best of friends cannot attend each other’s funeral.” – Kehlog Albran
78. “You cannot stop loving your friend because he’s dead, especially if he was better than anyone alive, you know?” – Jerome Salinger
79. “When our friends are alive, we see the good qualities they lack; dead, we remember only those they possessed.” – Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
80. “But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.” – Edward Young
81. “This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.” – William Shakespeare
Conclusion
Life and death go hand in hand, death may seem tougher, but is life easy? Both have their share of secrets and we might just be the travelers who are supposed to unveil them. So keep living and keep unveiling.
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