Preparing For Death Quotes

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.

Thinking about death... clarifies your life!

The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death.

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.

I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away the thought of the Indians and in my ambition I fly to the Rockies.

Normally we do not like to think about death. We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start preparing for death you soon realize that you must look into your life now... and come to face the truth of your self. Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.

Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.

How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.