– Henry van Dyke.


The most difficult part of being is actually living, and mostly, living a life as we want it. Votes: 3, My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. We can only learn to accept death when we approach life as a lesson or a test, where experiences are more important than security and scars hold meaningful memories.

Many times I have found strength and solace in reading quotes from others far wiser than me.

Some of us have children, others have contributed to society in other meaningful and creative ways, but no matter what type of legacy we left behind, there are traces of us everywhere.

We should die as heroes who accomplished their missions and seek peace in the homeland of the soul. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

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—Mark Twain (author), "I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens." Death is the barrier that separates us from everything we are and we have, leaving us helpless in the face of the unknown. Conversations with Authors: The Annual Report to the Nation.

See the data table for more information. —Joshua Burns, "Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men." ~Mignon McLaughlin, Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.

NOTES: Deaths were classified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities.

The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

~Marcel Proust, Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go.

~Hubert Humphrey, Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there.

—Steven Wright (comedian).

—Voltaire (philosopher), "As you get older, three things happen. Death is one of those topics that we try to push as further away as possible from our daily conversations, yet life is never as gentle with us as we would prefer, that is why we cannot really ignore death.

~Barbara Bloom, You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Votes: 4

We are afraid to die with an unchecked wishlist.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. —Rita Rudner (comedian), "When I die, I want my body to be donated for research, but more specifically, to a scientist who is working on bringing dead bodies back to life." – Arthur Schopenhauer. The Healthy People 2020 objective was to reduce the overall cancer death rate to 161.4 per 100,000 population; more information available at www.healthypeople.gov.external icon See the data table for more information.

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Dying is just the final stop, yet the most important thing is the journey itself and what we make of it. Rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. —Demetri Martin (comedian), "I intend to live forever or die trying."

Most of the time, death is an unexpected event. CDC’s framework to reduce cancer deaths includes eliminating preventable cancers, ensuring that all people get the right screening at the right time, and helping cancer survivors live longer, healthier lives.

I’m all ready you see. March 27, 2012 Beckie 4 comments. He sold it to me on his deathbed.

Short Breast Cancer Quotes and Sayings “You can be a victim of cancer or a survivor of cancer.

NOTES: Deaths were classified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. But, we are still standing and moving forward.

We fear death because we haven’t achieved the level of wisdom where everything in life is connected and holds a higher meaning. We have no control on death, but we have control on the kind of life we live and this is where our playground really is. Death is something we all have in common, but few of us like to think about it or discuss it openly.

—Ernest Hemingway (author), "It's funny the way most people love the dead. ~Author Unknown, How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! It clears out the old to make way for the new.

a fate worse than death." If we think about it, we are all the heroes of our own epic stories, going from one adventure to another. Death will find you. —WS Gilbert (dramatist), "I bequeath my entire estate to my wife on the condition that she marries again. Death should not surprise us because death surrounds us.

– Mark Twain. —Mark Twain (author), "I like sleeping; it's like death without the commitment."

Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around…. (MRI scans). – Thornton Wilder. Death is not some complicated matter. All our lives we play hide-and-seek with death.
There are many forms of death, and the physical death is the least scary of them all. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Death is a challenge.

– Chuck Palahniuk.

provided, of course, that he really is dead."

It has become such an epidemic in our society that people are loath to even mention its name. The following collection is a mixture of uplifting quotes that will help you to never lose hope even when all hope seems gone. Then you die. Many people die at twenty-five and aren’t buried until they are seventy-five.

All jokes aside, death is one of the few "sure things" in life and it's also something all of us have in common.

Rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cancer death rates differed by sex, racial and ethnic group, U.S. Census region, and residence in an urban or rural county.

I agree, thanks for sharing. The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

~Larry Dossey, Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life. The only way we can fight death is to live such a beautiful life that our death would seem an outrage, a injustice of nature.

It has not been easy.