Quotes about Mortality

Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked will I return. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

We preach to men as if they were conscious they were dying sinners, they are not; they are having a good time.

Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays.

And I will die, and you will die, and we all will die, and even the stars will fade out one after another in time.

Whatever passes away is too vile to be the price of time, which is itself the price of eternity.

Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

Oh build your ship of death, oh build it in time and build it lovingly, and put it between the hands of your soul.

Tick. Tick. Tick. This is the sound of your life running out.

You know, I'm not any kind of a great man. I couldn't have built that railroad. If it goes, I won't be able to bring it back. I'll have to go with it. . . .

You know, I'm not any kind of a great man. I couldn't have built that railroad. If it goes, I won't be able to bring it back. I'll have to go with it. . . .

Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.

Plus," Tig said, "it reminds me to be patient. Seeing all these people that have passed on. I get frustrated sometimes, waiting." "For people to die?" "Yeah. To be honest. The guys in charge of everything right now are so old. They really are, Mom. Older than you. They figured out the meaning of life in, I guess, the nineteen fifties and sixties. When it looked like there would always be plenty of everything.