Behinds Quote by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Men come and go; leaders, teachers, thinkers speak and work for a season, and then fall silent and impotent. He abides. They die, but…

— Alexander MacLaren

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Should wise men grieve to know that they must die? The Judas blossom fades,…

— Anonymous

Man dies. Come from darkness, into darkness he returns, and is reabsorbed, without a trace left, into the illimitable void of time.

— Leonid Andreyev

“It is time for us to fight, and we do so not because we seek the glory of men, but because the other options…

— Brandon Sanderson

“There are many men who deserve to die, but they live. I can’t see the end, the purpose. Even wise men can’t. We can…

— Cate Campbell Beatty

For Death who takes what man would keep, Leaves what man would lose.

— William Butler Yeats

The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive…

— Samuel Smiles

“What then is to become of man? Will he be the equal of god or the beasts? What a terrifying distance! What then shall…

— Blaise Pascal

If a man was great while living, he becomes tenfold greater when dead.

— Thomas Carlyle

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

— Proverb