Eulogy Quotes: top 45 famous quotes about Eulogy

Eulogy Quotes & Sayings

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No money, no church service, no eulogy,no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit. p 354 — Abraham Verghese

Done to death by slanderous tongue — William Shakespeare

If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood - but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum ... — John Geddes

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. — Henry Van Dyke

Life and death are balanced on the edge of a razor. — Homer

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me. — Janis Ian

And they die an equal death - the idler and the man of mighty deeds. — Homer

But we do not need to recount every sermon and eulogy. After all, you were there. — Neil Gaiman

Eulogies never talk about what was on your resume. Be remembered for how you made people feel and your passions — Arianna Huffington

I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris. — Coco Chanel

We may not be able to witness our own eulogy, but we're actually writing it all the time, every day. — Arianna Huffington

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend. — William Rotsler

The most eloquent eulogy of capitalism was made by its greatest enemy. Marx is only anti-capitalist in so far as capitalism is out of date. — Albert Camus

My face warms under the scrutiny of silence, and I'm almost relieved when he launches into his eulogy. To my dismay, it turns out to be a sermon. — Rae Carson

The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets. — Edwin Percy Whipple

To hear how much of a great human being you were - even if you really weren't - open your ears at your funeral. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

No eulogy is due to a man who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Augustine Of Hippo

My liberty depends on you being free, too. — Barack Obama

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad. — Elbert Hubbard

The art of being kind is all the world needs. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

So good to be alive when the eulogies are read. — Phil Ochs

I need my eulogy to look better than my resume. I'm living for that. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. — Norman Vincent Peale

A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. — Irvin S. Cobb

All death reminds us that nothing is promised, only that life was worth it. — Shannon L. Alder

His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! — William Shakespeare

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. — Voltaire

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it. — Ellen Terry

If I close my eyes, I can feel his body, in that way that you do when someone is near, a faint yet intent electric pulsing. — E.W. Storch

This day and your life are God's gift to you - so give thanks and be joyful always. — James M. Beggs

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy. — Brian Koslow

Cherish all your happy moments. — Margaret Moore

From behind the wheel, I learn the difference between a eulogy and an elegy, and discover which is more vital, in life and in death. — David Levithan

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. — Ambrose Bierce

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention. — E.F. Benson

I'm pragmatic. If I were cruel, I'd give him an eulogy instead of a conversation. — Leigh Bardugo

The highest eulogy which can be pronounced on the Revolution of 1688 is this that this was our last Revolution. — Thomas B. Macaulay

The marriage is over; counseling is the eulogy. The relationship autopsy is the wake. — Suzanne Finnamore

Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. — Robert Kennedy

Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy. — George Edward Woodberry

Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man. — Ted Turner

I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it. — George Carlin

Really think about what you want your eulogy to say about you, then live THAT. — Tanya Masse

A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. — Nazr Mohammed

When words are most empty, tears are most apt. — Max Lucado