--- title: "13 Dying Quotes By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross" description: "13 Dying quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Plus more from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and more Dying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_continuously_dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-co_3059609.png" --- > [Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-continuously-not-just-at-the/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_continuously_dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-co_3059609.png) > [Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/begin-to-live-each-day-to-the-fullest-as-if-it-were-the-only-one-we/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_begin_begin-to-live-each-day-to-the-fullest-as_1246792.png) > [Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/dying-is-nothing-to-fear-it-can-be-the-most-wonderful-experience-of/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_dying-is-nothing-to-fear-it-can-be-the-m_2742079.png) > [I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/i-say-to-people-who-care-for-people-who-are-dying-if-you-really-love/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_care_i-say-to-people-who-care-for-people-who_1221128.png) > [I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient. I felt called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/i-was-destined-to-work-with-dying-patients-i-had-no-choice-when-i/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_aids_i-was-destined-to-work-with-dying-patien_2427555.png) > [Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/those-who-have-the-strength-and-the-love-to-sit-with-a-dying-patient/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_body_those-who-have-the-strength-and-the-love_529099.png) > [We run after values that, at death, become zero. At the end of your life, nobody asks you how many degrees you…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_asks_we-run-after-values-that-at-death-become_119686.png) > [Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/dying-is-an-integral-part-of-life-as-natural-and-predictable-as-being/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_art-of-life_dying-is-an-integral-part-of-life-as-nat_981476.png) > [Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/lots-of-my-dying-patients-say-they-grow-in-bounds-and-leaps-and/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_business_lots-of-my-dying-patients-say-they-grow_1745060.png) > [dying nowadays is more gruesome in many ways, namely, more lonely, mechanical, and dehumanized; at times it is even difficult to determine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/dying-nowadays-is-more-gruesome-in-many-ways-namely-more-lonely/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_death_dying-nowadays-is-more-gruesome-in-many_615963.png) > [When we have passed the tests we are sent to Earth to learn, we are allowed to graduate. We are allowed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/when-we-have-passed-the-tests-we-are-sent-to-earth-to-learn-we-are/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_body_when-we-have-passed-the-tests-we-are-sen_824166.png) > [When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_away_when-i-came-to-this-country-in-1958-to-b_71841.jpg) > [For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/for-years-i-have-been-stalked-by-a-bad-reputation-actually-i-have/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_actually_for-years-i-have-been-stalked-by-a-bad-r_1436025.png) ## Other authors on Dying ## 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/dying/elisabeth-kubler-ross/#itemlist", "name": "13 Dying Quotes By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-continuously-not-just-at-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_continuously_dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-co_3059609.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_continuously_dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-co_3059609.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_continuously_dying-is-something-we-human-beings-do-co_3059609.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/begin-to-live-each-day-to-the-fullest-as-if-it-were-the-only-one-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_begin_begin-to-live-each-day-to-the-fullest-as_1246792.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_begin_begin-to-live-each-day-to-the-fullest-as_1246792.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_begin_begin-to-live-each-day-to-the-fullest-as_1246792.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dying is nothing to fear. 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