Life & Death Sayings

325 sayings found from 325 authors

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

— John F. Kennedy 1960
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Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

— Richard Nixon 1974
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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

— Dwight Eisenhower 1953
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

— Charles de Gaulle Unknown
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When I die, I do not want to be buried in a common grave. I want to be buried in a place where I can see the sea.

— Francisco Franco 1970s
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I am not afraid of anyone. I am not afraid of death.

— Idi Amin 1970s
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An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.

— Avicenna (Ibn Sina) 11th century
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The enemies of Islam want to destroy our culture.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1980s
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This is our land, and we will defend it to the last drop of blood.

— Yasser Arafat N/A
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The old will die and the young will forget.

— David Ben-Gurion 1948 (alleged)
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To be or not to be is not a question of philosophy, but a question of life and death.

— Golda Meir 1969
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It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

— Julius Caesar 46 BCE
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You must not fear death, gentlemen; death can only be a release from misery.

— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

— Haile Selassie Various
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Before I die many will die with me and they'll deserve it. See you in Hell.

— Kurt Cobain 2001
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The evil of colonialism was that it sought to empty the African mind and replace it with the European mind.

— Kwame Nkrumah 1964
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The blood of the Congolese people will not be shed in vain.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
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The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew.

— Adolf Hitler 1925
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Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.

— Joseph Stalin Unknown
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Fear is the main source of the atrophy of the will, which is the main characteristic of the modern age.

— Vaclav Havel 1978
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