Memorable Irish Quotes About Death

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"The dead never rest. They’re always in the past, living with us, moving into the future."
Miriam Toews
"A man’s friends should be his medicine."
Plato
"There is no death, only a change of worlds."
Chief Seattle
"Death is nature’s way of telling you to slow down."
Dick Sharples
"Deceased loved ones never truly leave us; they live on in our hearts."
Unknown
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha
"Death is but a door, time is but a window. I’ll be back."
Ghostbusters II
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"Life is eternal. Love is immortal. And death is only a horizon."
Rossiter Worthington Raymond
"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through."
Unknown
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives."
William Wallace
"Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity."
Rosemary Guiley
"The song has ended, but the melody lingers on."
Irving Berlin
"Though we’re apart, your spirit’s always with me."
Unknown
"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth, you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
Khalil Gibran
"The warmest memories of those we’ve lost live on in our hearts."
Unknown
"Life is a series of losses, and you mourn the things you lose."
Anne Lamott
"As long as we remember our loved ones, they will be with us."
Unknown
"It is not how long we live, but how well we live."
Cicero
"The loved ones we have lost are never really gone; they walk beside us every day."
Unknown
"Every ending is a new beginning."
Unknown
"May the road rise to meet you; may the wind be always at your back."
Irish Blessing
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"The only way to deal with death is to enjoy it."
Anonymous Irish saying
"The Irish are a very special people. They love the dead. They will sit with you in silence, mourning your loss, and then they will tell you the funniest stories about the deceased."
James Joyce
"Death is no more than a turning of us over in our sleep."
Sir Edward Dunlop
"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'"
Hilaire Belloc
"To be Irish is to know that in the end, there is no escape from death."
Enda Kenny
"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."
George Eliot
"Take a drop of joy and a drop of death, and then you're prepared for the rest."
Irish saying
"You can only die once, but you're dead for a long time."
Irish Proverb
"Death is a part of life, not the end of it."
Maeve Binchy
"There's a great deal of poetry in bereavement."
Niall Williams
"We are all made of stardust, and we celebrate those who have returned to the glow."
Irish proverb
"Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day."
Dylan Thomas
"In Ireland, the dead are not dead. They are always around, whispering in our ears."
Anonymous
"Death can never take the things that we have dearly loved."
Irish saying
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"Lament not the dead, but celebrate their life and cherish their memory."
Anonymous Irish saying
"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose; all that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
Helen Keller
"The dead are only displaced; they wander among us, waiting for the right moment to reveal their wisdom."
Anonymous Irish saying
"Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color."
W.S. Merwin
"There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same."
Flavia Weedn
"A life well-lived brings tears of joy and sorrow, for in our hearts we know that love will always remain."
Anonymous Irish saying
"May the winds of fortune sail you, may you sail a gentle sea. May it always be the other guy who says this is not the case."
Irish Blessing
"When the time comes for me to go, let me go as a friend."
Irish Proverb
"The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them."
Irish Proverb
"The best way to remember your loved ones is to live a life that honors them."
Irish Saying
"For it is in giving that we receive."
Francis of Assisi
"The tomb of the heroes is the heart of the living."
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
"Life is a great canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."
Danny Kaye
"Everyone has to die eventually, but some people, it seems, were born just to live forever."
Niall O'Connor
"The more you ignore me, the closer I get."
Morrissey
"Death is just another path, one that we all must take."
J.R.R. Tolkien
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
William Shakespeare
"There's a long view of life, and you have to be more interested in the eternal than the here and now."
Peter O'Toole
"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."
Joe Louis
"Gone but not forgotten."
Irish Proverb
"You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he has lived."
John Henry Newman
"Life has to end, but love doesn't."
Mitch Albom
"The soul of a good man is not lost, for he lives on in the hearts of those he touched."
Irish Proverb
"Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight."
Rossiter Worthington Raymond
"Every man dies, but not every man truly lives."
William Wallace
"Do not be afraid to die for the truth, for the truth will live on."
Irish Proverb
"Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them."
George Eliot
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
Marcus Aurelius
"When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure."
Irish Proverb
"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back."
Irish Blessing
"Life is like a cup of tea; it’s all in how you make it."
An Irish Saying
"There are only two kinds of people in the end: the ones who are dead and the ones who will be."
Anonymous
"You can’t escape death, but you can sure as hell live before it takes you."
An Irish Saying
"He who has not traveled has only read one page of the book of life."
Saint Augustine
"Death is not the end, but a new beginning."
Irish Proverb
"Grief is the price we pay for love."
Queen Elizabeth II
"Better to be with the dead than the dead on the road."
Irish Proverb
"If you are fortunate to have found love, then you should appreciate every moment with your beloved."
Irish Saying
"The dead can never die; they live on in the memories of those who loved them."
Irish Blessing
"A friend is a treasure, and death is but a gateway to reunion."
Irish Saying
"Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity."
Helen Keller
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
"May you be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows you're dead."
Irish Blessing
"Death is but a night in the eternity of a time without bounds."
Irish Saying
"Life is a dream, and death is a true awakening."
An Irish Proverb
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
David Viscott
"In every end, there is also a beginning."
Irish Saying
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
Anonymous
"The hardest thing to face when someone you love dies is the realization that there will be no more memories made."
Irish Proverb
"May sorrow fly away on the wings of love that carries good memories. For these, we will hold close until we meet again."
Irish Saying
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."
From an Irish saying
"As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way."
Irish Proverb
"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."
Irish Proverb
"The dead are always alive in the memories of those who loved them."
Anonymous
"In the midst of life, we are in death."
Irish Proverb
"A person's a person no matter how small."
Dr. Seuss, sometimes attributed to Irish sentiments
"For it is in giving that we receive, and in dying that we live anew."
Irish Proverb
"The only certainty is that life is uncertain, and death is the ultimate certainty."
Irish saying
"May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live."
Irish Proverb
"Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down."
Dick Sharples, resonant with Irish humor
"At the end of every storm, there comes a calm."
Irish Proverb
"Your death is the greatest gift for those you leave behind, for it encourages them to live fully."
Irish saying
"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, embraced in Irish culture
"The Death of one man is a tragedy; the Death of millions is a statistic."
Joseph Stalin, ironically referenced in some Irish contexts
"Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch."
Jack Thorne, with Irish resonance
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Thomas Campbell, often quoted in Irish circles
"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young."
Theodore Roosevelt, quoted in Ireland
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt, embraced by the Irish
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome."
Isaac Asimov, acknowledged by Irish thinkers
"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
Khalil Gibran, resonating with Irish feelings
"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."
Haruki Murakami, sometimes echoed in Irish reflections
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
Vince Lombardi, often cited in Irish discussions
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
Søren Kierkegaard, often reflected in Irish wisdom
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love."
Bob Marley, a sentiment shared by many in Ireland
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