1. “I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man.”

Major John Andre said this, according to James Thatcher’s novel, The American Revolution, the Major lifted his kerchief to his eyes and said this when offered a chance to say something. Moments after these words left his lips, he was hung by a British spy.

2. “The ladies have to go first. Goodby, dearie. I’ll see you later.”

This was uttered by John Jacob Astor IV. Even though the accuracy of the statement is disputed over, Astor id reported saying this to his wife on the Titanic after it was beginning to sink. As he readied to enter a life boat with his wife, a group of females arrived on deck and he gave up his seat. Speaking his final words to his wife, he was later found floating in the sea, drowned.

3. “Adieu, mes amis, Je vais à la gloire!”

The translation being, “Farewell my friends, I go to glory!” , the last words were said by Isadora Duncan before she go into her car to go home. The scarf that she was wearing got caught around the steering wheel and instantly strangled her as the driver drove off.

4. “I shall be with Christ and that is enough.”

Micheal Faraday said this on his last dying day. He was being asked whether or not he had ever thought about what his job would be in the next life.

5. “I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die today every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Indira Gandhi said this after being shot by assassin, Shik Militants. If only he could see what the world is still like.

6. “That picture is awful dusty.”

Mentioned by Jesse James before he drew his last breath. He climbed up to rid the picture of the dust it had collected and when he turned around, he was shot in the back of his head by Robert Ford.

7. “I wish I could go with you.”

Said by Walt Kelly to his wife, Selby Kelly, when she visited him in the hospital. She said that her he drifting in and out of consciousness. Selby told him that she was going for coffee, while she was unaware if he could hear her. She stayed by his bedside until he died from diabetes complications.

8. “I am just going outside. I may be some time.”

Captain Lawrence Oates, the very same from Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic expedition, was suffering for frostbite when he said this. He thought that he was lessening the crew’s chances of surviving . He left the tent of his own will on his 32th birthday. He was never seen again.

9. “I love you, Kathy. I love the baby, but I need to find peace. I can’t go on. “

This was said by well-known actor, Freddie Prinze Jr. He wrote a suicide note and made a series of phone calls to his friends and family. This quote was said to his wife in a phone call. After the call ended, Freddie pulled out a gun from under the couch and shot himself in the head.

10. “….it it better to burn out than to fade away.”

Kurt Cobain, member of a famous rock band, wrote this as a part of his suicide letter. He wrote very deeply about his love for his child and her mother.