Top 97 Death Quotes

Les Listes is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Death is inevitable. However, for many people it is something that is very hard to come to terms with. With that in mind, check out the top 97 death quotes.

#97 – 90. Death Quotes

97. Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away. – Proverb

96. There is a remedy for everything; it is called death. – Proverb

95. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. – Fred Rogers

94. You may think your comforts sound ridiculous to others, but there is nothing ridiculous about finding one little thing to help you feel good in the midst of pain and sorrow! – Elizabeth Berrien

93. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily as lying down. – Woody Allen

92. Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti

91. There is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.- Winnie the Pooh

90. If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you. – Proverb

#89 – 80. Death Quotes

89. A normal human being does not want the Kingdom of Heaven: he wants life on earth to continue. George Orwell

88. I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci

87. When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail’s response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, ‘My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.’ – David McCullough

86. It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson

85. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

84. Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot

83. I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix

82. We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death. – Proverb

81. The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn’t get along without them. – Proverb

80. Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected. Sogyal Rinpoche

#79 – 70. Death Quotes

79. Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller

78. And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief. – William Cullen Bryant

77. Death is but a door, time is but a window. I’ll be back! Ghostbusters II

76. Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. – Italian Proverb

75. A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. Joseph Stalin

74. Death is a shadow that always follows the body. – English Proverb

73. I don’t believe in an after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear. – Woody Allen

72. Death will never make sense to your mind. Only time and self-understanding will alleviate your suffering. Maxime Lagacé

71. When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity. When your love touches someone’s pain, it becomes compassion. – Stephen Levine

70. What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller

#69 – 60. Death Quotes

69. They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy

68. There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving

67. If I can see pain in your eyes, then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes, then share with me your smile. – Santosh Kalwar

66. Death always comes too early or too late. – English Proverb

65. Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller

64. Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion. – Arabic Proverb

63. End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. J.R.R. Tolkien

62. I don’t want to die without any scars. Chuck Palahniuk

61. Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity. Mother Teresa

60. Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine

#59 – 50. Death Quotes

59. I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë

58. Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin

57. Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs

56. Our last garment is made without pockets. – Italian Proverb

55. Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. Michael Landon

54. There are three kinds of death in this world. There’s heart death, there’s brain death, and there’s being off the network. – Guy Almes

53. You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King

52. If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word freedom out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X

51. Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus

50. No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr

#49 – 40. Death Quotes

49. Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams

48. You don’t know – can’t know – that it is the first of a series of wrongful events that will culminate in the utter devastation of your life as you have known it.- Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow’s Story

47. If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou

46. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown

45. Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha

44. The reality is that we don’t forget, move on, and have closure. But rather we honor, we remember, and incorporate our deceased children and siblings into our lives in a new way. In fact, keeping memories of your loved one alive in your mind and heart is an important part of your healing journey. – Harriet Schiff

43. My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for’. Tupac Shakur

42. Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead. – Scottish Proverb

41. The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.  – Joseph Addison

40. Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. – Proverb

#39 – 30. Death Quotes

39. While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci

38. I’m not afraid of death because I don’t believe in it. It’s just getting out of one car, and into another. John Lennon

37. What would life be worth if there were no death? Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night? Glenn Ringtved

36. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly — that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp. – Anne Lamott

35. To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan

34. Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy

33. The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain

32. Time is not what you think. Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning. – Mitch Albom

31. Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi

30. Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson

#29 – 20. Death Quotes

29. Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte

28. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope. – Elizabeth Gilbert

27. Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer

26. Life is a dream walking death is a going home. – Chinese Proverb

25. The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe

24. Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion to death.- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

23. The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain

22. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau

21. Everyone dies eventually, whether they have power or not. That’s why you need to think about what you’ll accomplish while you’re alive. Mary Macbeth

20. I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. – Woody Allen

#19 – 10. Death Quotes

19. You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman

18. Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi

17. He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan

16. It’s astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies. – Yiddish Proverb

15. In the short term, you’ll see a thunderstorm. Once the thunderstorm is over, you’ll see flowers. Maxime Lagacé

14. A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. – Steward Alsop

13. Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht

12. See in what peace a Christian can die.  – Joseph Addison

11. It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson

10. Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins

#9 – 1. Death Quotes

9. Death is a word, and it is the word, the image, that creates fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti

8. It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius

7. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare

6. As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci

5. Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia

4. No one here gets out alive. Jim Morrison

3. I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Winston Churchill

2. The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein

1. Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney

Ideas for the top 97 death quotes come from the following sources.^[1]Quoteland – Death^[2]Wisdom Quotes – 360 DEATH QUOTE THAT WILL BRING YOU INSTANT CALM^[3]Everyday Power – 90 Helpful Death Quote On The Ways We Grieve