Mortality Quotes

356 quotes by 291 authors

One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed by calculating the… — Aristotle
The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all. — William Dean Howells
Two of the vital pillars that sustain Father in Heavenâ€™s plan of happiness are marriage and the family. Their lofty significance is underscored by Satanâ€™s… — Richard G. Scott
I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn't one of them. — Atul Gawande
This is what we see when we look up at Rainier, the beauty, the horror, the awe the unbelievability of size that confirms our own… — Bruce Barcott
And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.... And as to you corpse, I… — Walt Whitman
As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in Kuwait or Bosnia.… — Jessica Valenti
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. — Roger Ebert
The changing year's successive plan Proclaims mortality to man. — Horace
The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favourite phantom;… — William C. Bryant
The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical… — Charles Lindbergh
We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Our life's a moment and less than a moment, but even this mite nature has mockingly humored with some appearance of a longer span. — Seneca the Younger
... life itself is brief, and that is what charges the day with such ridiculous beauty. — Garrison Keillor
Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use. — Ben Jonson
Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience. — Euripides
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind. — Hafez
What will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose? — Jorge Luis Borges
If you have had no tension in your life, never been screwed up by problems, your mortality well within your own grasp, and someone tells… — Oswald Chambers
You realize mortality is everywhere. — Katey Sagal

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291 authors contributed a total of 356 Mortality Quotes, led by these top contributors: