Quotes About Mortality

Of the rest some we know to be dead though they walk among us; some are not yet born though they go through the forms of life; others are hundreds of years old though they call themselves thirty-six.

Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.

Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don't suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.

It is the very joy of this earthly life to think that it will come to an end.

There are very few times in creation in your life. One time is when you become an adult, one time is when your parents die, and the other time is when you are very old.

Cut if you will with sleep's dull knife, the years from off your life, my friend! the years that death takes off my life, he'll take from off the other end!

Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.

Art is eternal, but life is short..I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose.

Our lives are but our marches to the grave.

Life is what you do while you're waiting to die... Life is how the time goes by

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.

Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.

They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

Already, it is later than you think for your earthly life at best, is only a blink of an eye between two eternities.

You know this moment in time Is all my life Every day is each day that's passed Every person alive is everyone's who's died

I expect my life to end pretty soon. You know, I'm 71 years old. I have great faith, though. I have unshakable faith.

Awareness of approach to death can be a beautiful thing, a frame into which we can put the work of art that is our life, our personal masterpiece.

When you are too old to play golf, you had better die.

We're all - all of us - a minute away from dying. If you're aware of that, life becomes a little more precious. Also, you have a slightly different outlook. It's not so much "gimme, gimme."

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

Take it that you have died today, and your life's story is ended; and henceforward regard what future time may be given you as uncovenanted surplus, and live it out in harmony with nature.