Mortality Quotes
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Mortality Quotes
Hand-picked mortality quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
"A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions. A grounded truth behind extreme discipline and virtue."
-- Marcus Aurelius"To live a good life: We have the potential for it. If we can learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference. A grounded truth behind extreme discipline and virtue."
-- Marcus Aurelius"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. A grounded truth behind extreme discipline and virtue."
-- Marcus Aurelius"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. A grounded truth behind extreme discipline and virtue."
-- Marcus Aurelius"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. A grounded truth behind extreme discipline and virtue."
-- Marcus Aurelius"My treasure lies in my friends. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"At the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue? A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"There is nothing impossible to him who will try. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in his hands when he died. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame. A timeless strategy that brought kings and nations to their knees."
-- Alexander the Great"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."
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Hand-picked mortality quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
Some of the most celebrated mortality quotes come from Krishna, William Shakespeare, Alexander the Great, Marcus Aurelius, among many others featured on this page.
Popular mortality quotes include: "Death is certain for one who has been born." -- Krishna Also: "Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." -- William Shakespeare.
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