Death Quotes
The one certainty. These quotes face mortality with wisdom, humor, and grace.
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"Death gives urgency to the choices we make."Julius Caesar
"Death is less terrible than a life without meaning."William Sloane Coffin
"A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient."Alexander the Great
"Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep the ashes in a golden urn and hang it in the temple of Athena."Alexander the Great
"Death is but a transition, not an ending."Julius Caesar
"Death teaches the value of life."Julius Caesar
"The span of a man's life is but a moment in the course of nations."Genghis Khan
"The contemplation of one's own death clarifies what truly matters in life."Genghis Khan
"Death is merely the punctuation at the end of a life's story—make yours remarkable."Hannibal Barca
"Death is not the enemy; indifference is."William Sloane Coffin
"Death teaches us how to live."William Sloane Coffin
"The death of a good man is a loss to all humanity."Alexander the Great
"Death is not the end, it is a transition."Tony Campolo
"The legacy we leave behind speaks louder than the words we speak today."Julius Caesar
"To deny death is to deny life itself."Hannibal Barca
"Death comes for us all; the only question is how we lived before it arrived."Hannibal Barca
"Death is not an ending, but a transformation."Hannibal Barca
"Death is not the end; it is transformation."Rob Bell
"Death reminds us what matters most."Rob Bell
"A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient."Alexander the Great
"Hephaestion is dead."Alexander the Great
"When the time comes to die, even the Emperor with all his possessions must go empty-handed."Alexander the Great
"Even the finest sword plunges into darkness."Sun Tzu
"Death is the punctuation mark at the end of a well-lived life."William Sloane Coffin
"Death reminds us that life is precious and time is fleeting."William Sloane Coffin
"The fear of death diminishes when we've lived a life of meaning and purpose."Tony Campolo
"Death is not the opposite of life but the context that gives it meaning."Barbara Brown Taylor
"Death reminds us that we are not in control, and that is a gift."Barbara Brown Taylor
"Death is important not as an end but as a transition."Richard Rohr
"Death reminds us that life is precious and time is limited."Tony Campolo