Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I envy the dead.

The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.

Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Birth was the death of him.

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.

He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.

Nothing is bigger than life. There's nothing noble in death. What's noble about never seeing the sunshine again? What's noble about having your legs and arms blown off? What's noble about being an idiot? What's noble about being blind and deaf and dumb? What's noble about being dead?

Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.

Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.

Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.

Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.

Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage.

Every word affords me pain. Yet how sweet it would be if I could hear what the flowers have to say about death!

When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.

Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming.

What can they suffer that do not fear to die?

If it's peace you find in dying, well then let the time be near.

He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come upon us with sudden death in their train.

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.