--- title: "4 Denial Quotes By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross" description: "4 Denial quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Plus more from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and more Denial sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partia_379552.png" --- > [It is the denial of death that is partially responsible for people living empty, purposeless lives; for when you live as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partially-responsible-for-people/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partia_379552.png) > [Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/denial-helps-us-to-pace-our-feelings-of-grief-there-is-a-grace-in/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_denial_denial-helps-us-to-pace-our-feelings-of_2244816.png) > [Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/is-war-perhaps-nothing-else-but-a-need-to-face-death-to-conquer-and/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_alive_is-war-perhaps-nothing-else-but-a-need-t_2567145.png) > [The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/the-five-stages-denial-anger-bargaining-depression-and-acceptance-are/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_acceptance_the-five-stages-denial-anger-bargaining_2678622.png) ## Other authors on Denial - [Shannon L. Alder 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/shannon-l-alder/) - [Craig D. Lounsbrough 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/craig-d-lounsbrough/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-heinemeier-hansson-27552.jpg) Michael Salter 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/michael-salter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eve-ensler-34301.jpg) Eve Ensler 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/eve-ensler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-bradshaw-51026.jpg) John Bradshaw 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/john-bradshaw/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brandon-steiner-19212.jpg) Graciela Chichilnisky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/graciela-chichilnisky/) - [Colin A. Ross 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/colin-a-ross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/chuck-palahniuk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bradlaugh-22157.jpg) Charles Bradlaugh 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/charles-bradlaugh/) - [Carolyn Spring 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/carolyn-spring/) ## More by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross > [Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/watching-a-peaceful-death-of-a-human-being-reminds-us-of-a-falling/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [Death is staring too long into the burning sun and the relief of entering a cool, dark room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/death-is-staring-too-long-into-the-burning-sun-and-the-relief-of/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/there-is-not-much-sense-in-suffering-since-drugs-can-be-given-for/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/when-i-came-to-this-country-in-1958-to-be-a-dying-patient-in-a/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [“La única finalidad de la vida es crecer. La lección última es aprender a amar y a ser amados incondicionalmente.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/la-nica-finalidad-de-la-vida-es-crecer-la-lecci-n-ltima-es-aprender-a/) [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [“We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/we-need-time-to-move-through-the-pain-of-loss-we-need-to-step-into-it/) [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/we-have-to-ask-ourselves-whether-medicine-is-to-remain-a-humanitarian/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [“The reality is people have always died in large numbers in natural disasters such as avalanches, earthquakes, and tornadoes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/the-reality-is-people-have-always-died-in-large-numbers-in-natural/) [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/everything-in-this-life-has-a-purpose-there-are-no-mistakes-no/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [We run after values that, at death, become zero. At the end of your life, nobody asks you how many degrees you have, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/we-run-after-values-that-at-death-become-zero-at-the-end-of-your-life/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are raised in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/in-the-so-called-civilized-world-children-are-physically-sexually-and/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/i-look-for-mystery-and-try-to-decipher-it-while-knowing-it-is-an/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [“Are we all destined to die as failures? Just”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/are-we-all-destined-to-die-as-failures-just/) [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [“You can become a channel and a source of great inner strength. But you must give up everything in order to gain everything. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/you-can-become-a-channel-and-a-source-of-great-inner-strength-but-you/) [Elisabeth Kübler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) > [You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/you-have-to-temper-the-iron-every-hardship-is-an-opportunity-that-you/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denial/elisabeth-kubler-ross/#itemlist", "name": "4 Denial Quotes By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is the denial of death that is partially responsible for people living empty, purposeless lives; for when you live as if you'll live forever, it becomes too easy to postpone the things you know that you must do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partially-responsible-for-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partia_379552.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partia_379552.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_it-is-the-denial-of-death-that-is-partia_379552.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is the denial of death that is partially responsible for people living empty, purposeless lives; for when…” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. 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