Life And Death Sayings and Quotes

The circle of life would not be complete without death. While never pleasant, we must accept death and treasure our loved ones while they are here. Below you’ll find a collection of wise and insightful quotes on life and death.

Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To live is to remember and to remember is to live. To die is to forget and to forget is to die. Samuel Butler
Life and death are balanced on the edge of a razor. Homer
Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death. Angela Carter
Unbeing dead isn't being alive. E.E. Cummings
Too weird to live, too rare to die! Hunter S. Thompson
Life is but a dream for the dead. Gerard Way
The goal of all life is death. Sigmund Freud
Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death. Benjamin Franklin
The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. John Jensen
Everybody's gotta die sometime. That's life. Archie Bunker
The best way to get praise is to die. Italian Proverb
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. James Dean
Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death? L.M. Montgomery
God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. unknown
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. Dean Smith
Life and death. At some point we're gonna leave this world. Do I know when Absolutely not. Terrell Owens
Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how. Gloria Swanson
In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line. Frederick Douglass
You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been. Aberjhani
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pike
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr
Even though we grieve at the loss of our loved ones, we find hope through the resurrection of Jesus and His promise that there is life after death. Anne Cetas
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway. Anne Frank
I mean, 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
'If there is an afterlife, I want my soul intact. And then maybe I'll see you there.' I smiled, somehow calm now that I was facing something inevitable. I was getting the good-bye I'd always wanted. Brodi Ashton
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. C.S. Lewis
When we do talk to our children about Easter, we face an age gap. For adults Easter means life after death and new life now. Carolyn C. Brown
How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind? Carson McCullers
Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order. David Gerrold
Death is not the end of life; it is the beginning of an eternal journey. Debasish Mridha