Jim Elliot Quotes

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.

Old man! 'Tis not difficult to die.

. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.

I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

Death belongs to the dying and those who love them.

Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.

Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.

There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.

I've never seen anyone die. It's hard to imagine what it would be like.

Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.

I’m ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable.

No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear.

Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery.

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.

At the end of your life, you're lucky if you die.

All our songs are about love, travel and death.

I will go to my grave seeing the look on your face at the last. Keep it up and you'll go sooner than later.

Dying is a very simple thing. I've looked at death and really I know. If I should have died it would have been very easy for me. Quite the easiest thing I ever did. But the people at home do not realize that. They suffer a thousand times more.

If I die, what a beautiful death.

And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.

I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.