Quotes about Suicide

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are too costly terms for the release.

Saul fell upon his sword to avoid suffering. Jesus stretched himself upon the cross to take away ours. Saul's suicide cheated his enemies. Jesus' sacrifice cheated death.

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.

If I'm ever in a weird car accident, or I commit suicide or something, after the media stops celebrating my death, could they check into it? Because I'm not suicidal. And I'm a pretty good driver.

martyrdom is not only not the same as suicide, it is the polar opposite of suicide, since the suicide loves nothing in life enough to keep living, while the martyr loves something so much that he gives up everything for it, even life. The suicide sees less value and meaning in life than anyone else, while the martyr sees more.