Quotes about Death
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my God till death.
- Charles Spurgeon
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair.
- George Bernard Shaw
Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.
- William Law
But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
- Hans Urs von Balthasar
Death opens a door out of a little, dark room (that's all the life we have known before it) into a great, real place where the true sun shines and we shall meet.
- CS Lewis
From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
- Carl Jung
Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.
- Brennan Manning
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
- Pierre Corneille
Life comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.
- Louie Giglio
Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.
- Cormac McCarthy
When it comes time to die, make sure all you got to do is die.
- Jim Elliot