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title: "16 Prepare Death Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Prepare Death quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Prepare Death sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I prepare for death by living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/i-prepare-for-death-by-living/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [If you want to endure life, prepare yourself for death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/if-you-want-to-endure-life-prepare-yourself-for-death/)

[Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/)

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> [Prepare for death and follow me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/prepare-for-death-and-follow-me/)

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

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> [The manner of your death is not your choosing. But how you prepare for death is](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-byrne/the-manner-of-your-death-is-not-your-choosing-but-how-you-prepare-for/)

[Gabriel Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-byrne/)

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> [The best way to prepare for death is to live life to its fullest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bytheway/the-best-way-to-prepare-for-death-is-to-live-life-to-its-fullest/)

[John Bytheway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bytheway/)

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> [The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-neri/the-best-way-to-prepare-for-death-is-to-spend-every-day-of-life-as/)

[Philip Neri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-neri/)

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> [One of the primary goals in life ... should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/one-of-the-primary-goals-in-life-should-be-to-prepare-for-death/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/billy-graham-234_death_one-of-the-primary-goals-in-life-should_956826.png)

> [Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/whenever-i-prepare-for-a-journey-i-prepare-as-though-for-death-should/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

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> [Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/prepare-for-death-if-here-at-night-you-roam-and-sign-your-will-before/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/samuel-johnson-50_death_prepare-for-death-if-here-at-night-you-r_517382.png)

> [“She's not trying to prepare us for her death. She's trying to prepare us for her life. For what she has left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/she-s-not-trying-to-prepare-us-for-her-death-she-s-trying-to-prepare/)

[Colleen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-hoover/)

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> [I always think that in some way, art is the best tool we have to prepare for death. It's like a sculpture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cameron-mitchell/i-always-think-that-in-some-way-art-is-the-best-tool-we-have-to/)

[John Cameron Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cameron-mitchell/)

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> [“We see our friends are round us falling. We see them buried deep in dust. In solemn silence yet they're calling. Prepare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leander-watts/we-see-our-friends-are-round-us-falling-we-see-them-buried-deep-in/)

[Leander Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leander-watts/)

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> [Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/death-is-more-certain-than-the-morrow-than-night-following-day-than/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [“Old man,” she said. “Don’t you want to prepare or something?” “Prepare what?” “Yourself. For death.” Siri laughed. “Well, Bpoo. Let’s see.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-cotterill/old-man-she-said-don-t-you-want-to-prepare-or-something-prepare-what/)

[Colin Cotterill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-cotterill/)

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> [“This is American two-one-three to the cockpit voice recorder. Now we know what it’s like. It is worse than we’d ever imagined.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/this-is-american-two-one-three-to-the-cockpit-voice-recorder-now-we/)

[Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/)

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> [ “Are you ready, sir? Orsino. Ay; prithee, sing. \[Music\] 945 SONG. Feste. Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/are-you-ready-sir-orsino-ay-prithee-sing-music-945-song-feste-come/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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                        "text": "“Are you ready, sir? Orsino. Ay; prithee, sing. [Music] 945 SONG. Feste. Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. 950 My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it! My part of death, no one so true Did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet 955 On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown: A thousand thousand sighs to save, Lay me, O, where 960 Sad true lover never find my grave, To weep there! Orsino. There's for thy pains. Feste. No pains, sir: I take pleasure in singing, sir. Orsino. I'll pay thy pleasure then. 965 Feste. Truly, sir, and pleasure will be paid, one time or another.”",
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