Famous Quotes

"What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever."

Henry Van Dyke on Death

More quotes about Death

• "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Death

• "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

  Buddha on Death

• "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

  Albert Einstein on Death

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

  Mark Twain on Death

• "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

  Helen Keller on Death

More quotes by Henry Van Dyke

• "Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

• "Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest."

• "It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with."

• "Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why."

• "Genius is talent set on fire by courage."