Death Quotes

The one certainty. These quotes face mortality with wisdom, humor, and grace.

11604 quotes

"We do not mourn death; we celebrate a life well-lived."
Leonidas I
A
"Death teaches us that time is precious; let us not waste it in ignorance."
Aristarchus
A
"Death reminds us that the truth we seek must be found while we live."
Aristarchus
I
"The death of one way of thinking can be the birth of another."
Isocrates
I
"Death reminds us that our time is finite and therefore precious."
Isocrates
P
"To understand death is to understand life."
Pericles
P
"Death reminds us that our time is limited and therefore infinitely precious."
Pericles
T
"The suffering of the body is temporary, but the suffering of the soul is eternal."
Thucydides
P
"We honor those who die for the state, but we must also honor those who live for it."
Pericles
X
"Death is the only certainty; life is the only mystery."
Xenophon
H
"Death is just another path"
Herodotus
P
"Some perish by the sword, others by the plague, and still others by the will of the gods."
Pindar
T
"To realize one's own mortality is to begin to live properly."
Thucydides
S
"For the beautiful in spirit, there is no death."
Sappho
H
"A man is looked upon with more favor in the world when dead than when living."
Herodotus
H
"Death teaches us to value life in every present moment."
Hippocrates
P
"In death's shadow, life's precious moments shine with renewed brilliance."
Pindar
P
"Death teaches us that nothing is truly lost when we have truly lived."
Pindar
T
"A man should die as he has lived—with honor and dignity."
Thucydides
T
"A man who has lived well need not fear death."
Thucydides
H
"The worst pain is the pain of being forgotten."
Herodotus
H
"Nothing is more unexpected than death."
Herodotus
S
"Death comes for us all, yet we are immortal in the hearts we have touched."
Sappho
X
"To die is not to cease to exist, but to change form."
Xenophanes
P
"Death is not the end of the story but merely the turning of the page."
Pindar
P
"Death reminds us that time is the most precious resource we possess."
Pindar
A
"Death is but a change of form."
Anaxagoras
A
"Death is natural and inevitable."
Anaxagoras
L
"What endures beyond death is the matter from which we are formed."
Leucippus
P
"Death teaches us the value of every passing moment."
Pindar