Deceased Quote by Anton Chekhov

We always honor our people when they die; we've got to honor them while we're still alive.

— Biz Markie

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

— William Hazlitt

It occurred to me that memorials shouldn't be grand. If you really want to honor the memory of a tragedy, you shouldn't create areas…

— Clemantine Wamariya

“An “Honor Killing” is nothing more than a vicious, pre-meditated murder committed by a sick, twisted, demented and psychotic fundamental religionist.”

— Al Stefanelli

“Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will…

— Rae Carson

Dignified and respectful quietude speaks much louder than pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembering those who died.

— Alan Colmes

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible…

— Elie Wiesel

Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them.

— Anonymous

For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He…

— Elie Wiesel

We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to…

— Davy Crockett

True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of…

— Ambrose Bierce

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are…

— Nelson Mandela