Quotes about Mortality
Though in midst of life we be Snares of death surround us.
— Martin Luther
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.
— Gordon Hinckley
All our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.
— John Donne
If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still
— Samuel Johnson
It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
— Thomas a Kempis
You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.
— Reba McEntire
Catch, then, oh! catch the transient hour, Improve each moment as it flies; Life's a short summer-man a flower; He dies-alas! how soon he dies!
— Samuel Johnson
Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?
— St. Augustine
We are not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body. When the body dies the soul returns to the source.
— Wayne Dyer
You have started, whether you recognize that fact or not. We foolish mortals sometimes live through years of not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is our life. The day comes when we die.
— Edith Schaeffer
Remember: it is not given to man to take his goods with him.No one goes away and then comes back.
— Anonymous
The silver swan, who living had no note,When death approached unlocked her silent throat;Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:Farewell, all joys; O death, come close mine eyes;More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.
— Anonymous