Funerals And Death Quotes - Page 2

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Khalil Gibran

Sympathy, Death, Grief

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.126, Lulu.com

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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

George S. Patton

Sympathy, Death, Wisdom

Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.

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A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

Nazr Mohammed

Kindness, Funeral, Eulogy

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The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

Lucan

Sympathy, Death, Men

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A horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.

Rossiter W. Raymond

Sympathy, Condolences, Sight

Attributed in "St. Andrew's Cross" edited by Hubert Carleton, Vol. XXIV, No. 12, (p. 12), September 1910.

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And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds.

Homer

Death, Men, Eulogy

Homer (1901). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.281

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Gautama Buddha

Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

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Everyone dies but not everyone lives.

William Wallace

Death, Funeral, Remembrance

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When you are sorrowful, look again.

Khalil Gibran

Sympathy, Condolences, Death Of A Loved One

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people's memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness shines for all time.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Memories, People, Shining

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For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

William Shakespeare

Death, Dream, Sleep

'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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Death is just nature's way of telling you to slow down.

Dick Sharples

Funny, Death, Way

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Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

Rumi

Home, Funeral, Eulogy

Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.28, Penguin UK

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When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.

William Shakespeare

Love, Sympathy, Death

'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 17

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Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

William Shakespeare

Success, Death, Veterans Day

'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"The Leader's Digest : Timeless Principles for Team and Organization". Book by Jim Clemmer (p. 84), 2003.

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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.

Stewart Alsop

Death, Time, Sleep

Stewart Alsop (2016). “Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir”, p.257, Open Road Media

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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

Love, Marriage, Sympathy

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We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Death, Suicide, Dream

Journal, 25 Oct. 1836

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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Khalil Gibran

Moving On, Sympathy, Broken Heart

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.

Henry Van Dyke

Death, People, Eulogy

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Charles Darwin

Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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

Norman Cousins

Inspirational, Life, Sympathy

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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Sympathy, Death, Pain

Alphonse de Lamartine (1849). “Raphael: Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty”, p.29

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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

W. Somerset Maugham

Inspirational, Funny, Death

"What Happens When the Average Lifespan Hits 100?" by Megan Erickson, bigthink.com.

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