He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Matthew 10:39
It matters not how long you live, but how well. > Publilius Syrus
Not how did he die? But, how did he live?
Not, what did he gain? But, what did he give?
These are the merits to measure the worth of a man, regardless of birth.
Not, what was his station? But, what had he a heart?
And how did he play his God-given part?
Was he ever ready with the word or good cheer to bring a smile, to banish a tear?
Not, what was his church? Nor, what was his creed?
But, had he befriended those really in need?
Not, what did the sketch in the newspaper say?
But, how many were sorry when he passed away? > Author Unknown
We go to the grave of a friend, saying, “A man is dead.” But angels throng about him, saying, “A man is born.” > Gotthold
I believe in life after birth. > Mazie Dunham
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. > Bertolt Brecht
If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age. > George Burns
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring days. > Stephen Vincent Benet
Have you wept at anything during the past year? Has your heart beat faster at the sight of young beauty? Have you thought seriously about the fact that someday you are going to die? More often than not do you really listen when people are speaking to you instead of just waiting for your turn to speak? Is there anybody you know in whose place, if one of you had to suffer great pain, you would volunteer yourself? If your answer to all or most of these questions in No, the chances are that you’re dead. > Frederick Buechner
See also Job 1:21; Matthew 7:13-14; John 10:10.
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