Death

Steve Jobs
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve Jobs
C. Sean Mcgee
“Only when one allows themself the right to die, do they then give yourself the permission to live.” — C. Sean McGee
Gilbert Chesterton
“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” — Gilbert Chesterton
Robert F. Kennedy
“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” — Robert F. Kennedy
Aristotle
“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” — Aristotle
Og Mandino
“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile.” — Og Mandino
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
Hans Christian Andersen
“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Criss Jami
“To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.” — Criss Jami
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
Elon Musk
“I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.” — Elon Musk
Wayne Gretzky
“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” — Wayne Gretzky
Bob Marley
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” — Bob Marley
Albert Einstein
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ” — Albert Einstein
Marcus Aurelius
“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.” — Marcus Aurelius
Ray Bradbury
“Stuff your eyes with wonder... live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” — Ray Bradbury
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Henry David Thoreau
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau
Morihei Ueshiba
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” — Morihei Ueshiba
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Zhuangzi
“We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening” — Zhuangzi
Albus Dumbledore
“It's the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” — Albus Dumbledore
Euripides
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” — Euripides
Samuel Butler
“To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know he is dead.” — Samuel Butler
Deepak Chopra
“The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends.” — Deepak Chopra
Pema Chodron
“To live is to be willing to die over and over again.” — Pema Chodron
Dan Millman
“Embody what you teach, and teach only what you have embodied.” — Dan Millman
Og Mandino
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Your life will never be the same again.” — Og Mandino
Alan Watts
“To travel is to be alive, but to get somewhere is to be dead.” — Alan Watts
Herodotus
“The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.” — Herodotus
Herbert Hoover
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” — Herbert Hoover
Mark Twain
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain
Zhuangzi
“Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life.” — Zhuangzi
Pablo Picasso
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
Hans Christian Andersen
“Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Robert Greene
“When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.” — Robert Greene
Franz Kafka
“One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ” — Franz Kafka
Dogen
“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.” — Dogen
Edgar Allan Poe
“Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.” — Edgar Allan Poe
Sigmund Freud
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” — Sigmund Freud
Bhagavad Gita
“The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.” — Bhagavad Gita
Publilius Syrus
“The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself.” — Publilius Syrus
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Napoleon Hill
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill
Robert F. Kennedy
“A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.” — Robert F. Kennedy
Ming-dao Deng
“Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Coco Chanel
“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.” — Coco Chanel
Gilbert Chesterton
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.” — Gilbert Chesterton
Socrates
“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.” — Socrates

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