Clive Lewis

On their deathbed, do people think: 'I wish I'd spent more time with my Ferrari'? Or do they say: 'I wish I'd spent more time watching my kids grow up, I wish I'd spent more time country walking?' It's about the things that matter in life, and how we have an economy that better reflects that.

Stanislav Grof

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.

Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Pico Iyer

It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut.

Indian Writer

Randy Pausch

I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.

American Educator

Morrie Schwartz

The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.

Patch Adams

I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.

American Author

Marie Osmond

I learned a great lesson from my mother on her deathbed. She counseled me on the importance of taking care of myself so I wouldn't end up in an unhealthy body like she did.

American Musician

Viola Davis

When you see a parent pass, and you literally are there, and you're sitting at that deathbed, man, and you have to tell them to go, it defines life for what it really is.

American Actress

Pritam Singh

Live a full life, an honest life so that on your deathbed, you can tell yourself that you did the best you could, in the circumstances that were presented to you.

Singaporean Author

Paul Tsongas

No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business.

American Politician

Used to describe the actual bed a person is lying on before passing away.

Literal Meaning

Often signifies where last wishes or important statements are expressed.

Place of Requests

Conveys a deep emotional context, usually sadness or solemnity.

Emotional Weight

Refers to the period just before death, not only the physical space.

Timeframe

Associated with honesty or revealing truths, as people may confess or speak frankly.

Moment of Truth

Often a time for the dying to reflect on life and say goodbye.

Reflection Opportunity

 look he wrote down a piece of paper he just said you know you got to tell a story you know so if we had permission from a man who was on his deathbed to tell that story but yeah I got to tell you the struggles that we had there were two kinds of struggles one was with the network it's of you know who didn't want to deal with the drug abuse or their we had major

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The game that can give...

 My dad laying in his deathbed, just tears running down my face, you know, what do I do next? My mind racing, memories, flashbacks, moments, early mornings, getting up, taking grounders and throwing, speed outs and deep post routes to my brother and my dad,

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 I'll get happy. And that's the lie of self-sufficiency. But as anybody on their deathbed will tell you, the things that make people happy is the deep relationships of life, the losing of self-sufficiency. The third lie is the lie of the meritocracy.

The lies our culture...

 who talked about dying wishes and regrets of the people in the deathbed. She found that facing death, nobody regretted that they didn't work hard enough in this life. They only regretted that they didn't spend enough time with their loved ones

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 Out in the sun for too long, he suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deathbed, Virgil thought about the manuscript he had been working on for over ten years,

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 he said, there's every activity under heaven. There's a time to be born, and there's a time to die. I've stood at the deathbed of several famous people,

Deathbed