Death Quotes That Are Sure To Make You Change The Way You Think About Death

Dying is always a touchy subject, these death quotes will offer a somewhat positive spin to the subject.

"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."W. Somerset Maugham:

"We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death."David Sarnof

“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”Chuck Palahniuk

"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy."Scott Alexander

"You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face."IAN FLEMING

"Every man dies - Not every man really lives.”William Ross Wallace

"Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die."Amelia Burr

"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain."Joyce Cary

“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.”Che Guavara

"Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it." Alice Walker

"Death? Why this fuss about death. Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! ... Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.”Oscar Wilde

You'll also find that some of these death quotes use humor to lighten things up.

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."Isaac Asimov

"Dying is like coming to the end of a long novel--you only regret it if the ride was enjoyable and left you wanting more."SALMAN RUSHDIE

“A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.” Brian Williams quotes

"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.James F. Bymes

"Death helps us to see what is worth trusting and loving and what is a waste of time." J. Neville Ward

"If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again."ABRAHAM LINCOLN

"You better enjoy livin' baby, 'cause dying is a pain in the ass"Frank Sinatra

"Wise men know death to be an endless sleep." Sir John Bland Sutton

"Dying is like getting audited by the IRS--something that only happens to other people ... until it happens to you."JEROME P. CRABB

"Death in its way comes just as much of a surprise as birth." Edna O'Brien

"Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one." Theodore Roosevelt

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

These death quotes very much vary in their tone and intention. Among this list you would havefound a humorous way to look at dying, some quotes are rather existential and other arefrank and witty.

"My only fear of death is reincarnation."TUPAC SHAKUR, "

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."Socrates

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."Woody Allen

Hopefully these death quotes are of use to you and perhaps they might have changed the way you look at dying.

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