“Cattle die, kinsmen die, you yourself must also die, but he who wins word fame lives forever”

“The coward believes he will live foreverIf he holds back in the battle,But in old age he shall have no peaceThough spears have spared his limbs.”

“Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjálfr ið sama; ek veit einn, að aldri deyr: dómr of dauðan hvern.”

“Cattle die kinsmen die all men are mortal. Words of praise will never perish nor a noble name. - The Havamal; Book of Viking Wisdom”

“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,and present thoughts buildour life of tomorrow: our life is thecreation of our own mind”

“To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.”

“Turn off your mind, relax, and float down stream.It is not dying, it is not dying.”