James Stockdale Quotes

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody.

I would hate the thought of dying full stop; I've got to be honest with you.

Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one ... to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his death.

I've seen death and I didn't like it.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

But really death seems the least awful thing that can happen to someone

Most people are not ready for death, theirs or anybody elses.

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life. Nevertheless, like the greater part of our misfortunes, even so serious a contingency brings its remedy and consolation with it, if the sufferer will but make the best, rather than the worst, of the accident which has befallen him.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.

I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

I'm not afraid of death at all.

I don't want to hear about my death.

You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable, so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean.

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.

It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.