Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. Hugh Laurie backcomplacencyconsider share on social
The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will. James Thomson deathforevergood Change image and share on social
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom. Mahatma Gandhi bravedeathdie Change image and share on social
My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective. Rufus Sewell affectattitudecavalier Change image and share on social
We must assimilate the thought that life between death and a new birth is so constituted that everything we do awakens an echo in the environment. Rudolf Steiner assimilateawakenbirth Change image and share on social
As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith. And it's not our faith that delivers us, as if believing something, anything at all were pleasing to God. It's the object of our faith - Christ's life, death, and resurrection - that saves us. Kevin DeYoung believecenterchrist share on social
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold deathfindfulfillment Change image and share on social
What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can't get rid of the guy. He never goes away. Nick Saban characterdeathfreddy Change image and share on social
I'd had to cope with a lot of death and illness in my family from a young age, and that maybe gave me a bleak outlook on the world. Bernard Sumner agebleakcope Change image and share on social
And, in a funny way, each death is different and you mourn each death differently and each death brings back the death you mourned earlier and you get into a bit of a pile-up. Nigella Lawson backbitebring Change image and share on social