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title: "35 End Lives Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 35 End Lives quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best End Lives sayings and thoughts."
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> [At the end of our lives, we will ask, Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/at-the-end-of-our-lives-we-will-ask-did-i-live-did-i-love-did-i-matter/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izzeldin-abuelaish/tragedy-cannot-be-the-end-of-our-lives-we-cannot-allow-it-to-control/)

[Izzeldin Abuelaish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izzeldin-abuelaish/)

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> [To become world champions in our country would be with us to the end of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thiago-silva/to-become-world-champions-in-our-country-would-be-with-us-to-the-end/)

[Thiago Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thiago-silva/)

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> [The foolish rush to end their lives. Only the steadfast soul survives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-de-pizan/the-foolish-rush-to-end-their-lives-only-the-steadfast-soul-survives/)

[Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-de-pizan/)

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> [“Sixty-four percent of the elderly believe in the right to end their lives in a humane manner once they’ve had enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-groen/sixty-four-percent-of-the-elderly-believe-in-the-right-to-end-their/)

[Hendrik Groen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-groen/)

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> [“Too many people realize at the end of their lives that they've taken for granted those who really love them. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesley-m-m-blume/too-many-people-realize-at-the-end-of-their-lives-that-they-ve-taken/)

[Lesley M. M. Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesley-m-m-blume/)

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> [“Are we nothing but heel skin and blisters? Traveling a straight line to the end of our lives?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-ausubel/are-we-nothing-but-heel-skin-and-blisters-traveling-a-straight-line/)

[Ramona Ausubel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-ausubel/)

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> [At the end of our lives we all ask, 'Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-burchard/at-the-end-of-our-lives-we-all-ask-did-i-live-did-i-love-did-i-matter/)

[Brendon Burchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendon-burchard/)

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> [“Suicides do not end their lives because they are weak, mentally ill, or depressed - though certainly they may be all those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bialosky/suicides-do-not-end-their-lives-because-they-are-weak-mentally-ill-or/)

[Jill Bialosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bialosky/)

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> [At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/at-the-end-of-our-lives-we-step-across-the-threshold-or-death-and/)

[Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/)

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> [Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezekiel-emanuel/patients-who-are-being-kept-alive-by-technology-and-want-to-end-their/)

[Ezekiel Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezekiel-emanuel/)

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> [An atheist chaplain would be the perfect vehicle for convincing wounded warriors that they should end their lives because there's nothing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-klingenschmitt/an-atheist-chaplain-would-be-the-perfect-vehicle-for-convincing/)

[Gordon Klingenschmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-klingenschmitt/)

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> [“It's not so easy for people to end their own lives. It's not like in the movies. There, they do it like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-not-so-easy-for-people-to-end-their-own-lives-it-s-not-like-in/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“Maybe not everything all at once, but I think people can end their lives having gotten all that they wanted out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-santopolo/maybe-not-everything-all-at-once-but-i-think-people-can-end-their/)

[Jill Santopolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-santopolo/)

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> [“You know, we should all be so lucky as to lie down in the grass in the cool shade, surrounded by people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-savage/you-know-we-should-all-be-so-lucky-as-to-lie-down-in-the-grass-in-the/)

[Michael Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-savage/)

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> [“We do not have to see the beginning and the end of our lives, but we must close our eyes and live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/we-do-not-have-to-see-the-beginning-and-the-end-of-our-lives-but-we/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-must-go-on-living-and-though-it-may-be-childish-of-me-i-can-t-go-on/)

[Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/)

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> [“Tomorrow you and them will set out for the end of your lives and I’ll be here. The one who gave and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-farris-smith/tomorrow-you-and-them-will-set-out-for-the-end-of-your-lives-and-i-ll/)

[Michael Farris Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-farris-smith/)

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> [“By not talking about death with our loved ones, not being clear through advanced directives, DNR (do not resuscitate) orders, and funeral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-doughty/by-not-talking-about-death-with-our-loved-ones-not-being-clear/)

[Caitlin Doughty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-doughty/)

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> [Depression and hopelessness are not the only reasons terminally ill patients wish to end their lives. Many individuals see nothing undignified about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/depression-and-hopelessness-are-not-the-only-reasons-terminally-ill/)

[Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/)

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> [“I understand,” she said. “Truly, I do. I asked myself the same questions. It’s like walking out of a movie. Being made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/i-understand-she-said-truly-i-do-i-asked-myself-the-same-questions-it/)

[Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/)

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> [“It’s like walking out of a movie. Being made to walk out of a movie that you’re really enjoying. That’s what worried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/it-s-like-walking-out-of-a-movie-being-made-to-walk-out-of-a-movie/)

[Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/)

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> [People who die by suicide dont want to end there lives, they want to end there PAIN.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-who-die-by-suicide-dont-want-to-end-there-lives-they-want-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“The optimist and the pessimist both die in the end, but each lives is life in a completely different way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-optimist-and-the-pessimist-both-die-in-the-end-but-each-lives-is/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/many-writers-tend-to-write-summing-up-books-at-the-end-of-their-lives/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

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> [Most of us would like to end our lives feeling both that we had a good time and that we left the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-slater/most-of-us-would-like-to-end-our-lives-feeling-both-that-we-had-a/)

[Philip Slater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-slater/)

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> [“Isn’t it funny how we all die at the same time? Always at the end of our lives. Why worry?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/isn-t-it-funny-how-we-all-die-at-the-same-time-always-at-the-end-of/)

[Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/)

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> [“There are many types of strength beyond the ability to wield a blade and end lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/there-are-many-types-of-strength-beyond-the-ability-to-wield-a-blade/)

[Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/)

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> [ If relationships matter most then \[at the end of our lives\], shouldn't they matter most now? ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/if-relationships-matter-most-then-at-the-end-of-our-lives-shouldn-t/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [People who die by suicide, dont want to end their lives, they want to end their pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-who-die-by-suicide-dont-want-to-end-their-lives-they-want-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“In the end our lives are nothing more than simple stories. It's good to occasionally step back and make sure you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-mandel/in-the-end-our-lives-are-nothing-more-than-simple-stories-it-s-good/)

[Jacob Mandel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-mandel/)

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> [“Kate, I imagine that very few people reach the end of their lives and regret having spent too many hours relaxing beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/kate-i-imagine-that-very-few-people-reach-the-end-of-their-lives-and/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

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> [The medals no-one will ever wear should be the ones that reflect the most. It's not an ending, it's not a period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-sheeler/the-medals-no-one-will-ever-wear-should-be-the-ones-that-reflect-the/)

[Jim Sheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-sheeler/)

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> [We are supposed to come to the end of our lives not with anything left, but everything exhausted. The tires are blown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-hughes/we-are-supposed-to-come-to-the-end-of-our-lives-not-with-anything/)

[Mike Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-hughes/)

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> [At the end of our lives we hope we will look back and, like an incense stick completely burned away, will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prem-prakash/at-the-end-of-our-lives-we-hope-we-will-look-back-and-like-an-incense/)

[Prem Prakash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prem-prakash/)

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