Courage Quote by Alain de Botton

“But thinking about and being aware of our mortality creates real perspective and urgency. It doesn’t need to be depressing. Because it’s invigorating.”

— Ryan Holiday

“The first is the courage to confront the reality of mortality—the”

— Atul Gawande

We only really, deeply consider what our life is when we're faced with mortality on some level.

— Bryan Fuller

“If the driving force behind bettering human life is our insatiable desire to escape mortality what will we do when we succeed?”

— Tim J. Brooks

“We are frightfully concerned with our own deaths, sometimes so much so that we forget the real purpose of our lives”

— Brian L. Weiss

“It is when we are confronted with...poignant reminders of mortality that we become most aware of the strangeness and wonder of our brief life…

— Kathleen Basford

“Awareness of mortality exerts a unique power to focus the mind and heart on essentials.”

— Columba Stewart

“Accepting that a person will die and shucking off any aversion to this blunt thought awakens the mind to realize what is possible in…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined those dead, those living, those generations yet to come that the fate of all is…

— Dean Koontz

“It is better to die than carry the burden of expectations, you die every moment then, bearing situations you are not supposed to put…

— Aporva Kala

“Death: It is the greatest adventure. It is stunning that in western civilization we deny it to the degree that we do. Perhaps that…

— Eben Alexander

“Mortality is one of the greatest gifts ever bestowed. After a long and fruitful life, we are able to rest.”

— Nancy Straight