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
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"A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient."
Alexander the Great
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"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
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"Death is but a transition, not an ending."
Julius Caesar
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"Death teaches the value of life."
Julius Caesar
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"The span of a man's life is but a moment in the course of nations."
Genghis Khan
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"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
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"The death of a good man is a loss to all humanity."
Alexander the Great
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"Death is not the end, it is a transition."
Tony Campolo
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"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
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"Death is not the end; it is transformation."
Rob Bell
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"Death reminds us what matters most."
Rob Bell
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"A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient."
Alexander the Great
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"Hephaestion is dead."
Alexander the Great
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"When the time comes to die, even the Emperor with all his possessions must go empty-handed."
Alexander the Great
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"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
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"The fear of death diminishes when we've lived a life of meaning and purpose."
Tony Campolo
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"Death is not the opposite of life but the context that gives it meaning."
Barbara Brown Taylor
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"Death reminds us that we are not in control, and that is a gift."
Barbara Brown Taylor
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"Death is important not as an end but as a transition."
Richard Rohr
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"Death reminds us that life is precious and time is limited."
Tony Campolo