Quotes about Mortality
All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only beloved who will never pass away.
— CS Lewis
I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.
— George W. Bush
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
— Samuel Johnson
Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.
— Walt Whitman
And all, but Lust, is turned to dust In Humanity's machine.
— Oscar Wilde
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't really live until you are no longer afraid to die.
— Adrian Rogers
Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.
— Thomas a Kempis
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
No one cares about their reputation or their bank account when they find themselves in the shadow of death.
— Edward Welch
It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home to you soon enough.
— Albert Camus
Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
— Albert Camus