“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I’m about to do today?”
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
“What you're made of? When you die where does your traits, quirks and personality go?”
“When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.”
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.”
“That these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
“You know how people say you only live once. That's not the truth. You don't only live once. You only die once. You live every day.”
“Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name.”
“It's true that I considered killing myself, but I thought as I was already standing over the water, that if I considered myself a strong man all along, then let me not be afraid of shame now.”
“Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident.”
“Live in such a way that when your parents die, you're a rock, a shoulder to lean on and not one crying in the corner.”
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”
“Life is unfaithful, and will reject you one day. Death is a true beloved, and will always take you with her.”
“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”