Marcus Aurelius Quotes

I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it.

If you live your life fully, you will die only once. But if you are scared, fear will kill you day after day

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

You can only die once, so do not die a thousand times worrying about it.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Many a life has been injured by the constant expectation of death. It is life we have to do with, not death. The best preparation for the night is to work diligently while the day lasts. The best preparation for death is life.

This is why we shouldn't be afraid. There are two possibilities: One is that there's more to life than the physical life, that our souls "will find an even higher place to dwell" when this life is over. If that's true, there's no reason to fear failure or death. The other possibility is that this life is all there is. And if that's true, then we have to really live it - we have to take it for everything it has and "die enormous" instead of "living dormant," as I said way back on "Can I Live." Either way, fear is a waste of time.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.

If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.

I'm not afraid to die. But I'm afraid to not live.

We cannot let fear and terror dictate how we live our lives, no matter what. Life is a blessing with an expiration date, and we must embrace it while we can.

A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.

Don’t you want to be alive before you die?

Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?

There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.

To go back is nothing but death; but to go forward is fear of death and life everlasting beyond.

Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?

Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.