#death

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#anywhere #before #death #desires #easy

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. ↗

— Jose Marti

#death #glory #innate #insatiable #instinct

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#fire #hatred #only #others #out

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#am #come #death #fame #hurry

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for! ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#during #fool #give #give me #i

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#advice #affair #dreary #dull #nothing

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#because #ceased #concern #dead #death

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death. ↗

— Rollo May

#also #being #beyond #childhood #creativity

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere. ↗

— Linda McCartney

#anywhere #crash #death #go #hate

I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#anyway #death #enough #get #got