Quotes About Legacy

Whether you're explaining where pets go when they die or teaching your child to recycle, your philosophies have ramifications. For the rest of history, echos of your voice will be heard.

My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.

Yes. Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. it's what we do to and share with the world that matters. I believe it's important that we leave our communities in better shape than we found them.

we have become a throwaway society. Instead of honoring and preserving our past, we tear it down, shove it aside, and just go on our merry way. Well, I won't have it. We have to stand firm for what we believe in. Only in the most dire circumstances should a structure of historical significance be demolished.

Den har tilhørt bestefar, sa hun, og glattet på seddelen med de slanke fingrene sine. Han likte papirpenger - hadde for vane å bruke dem som bokmerker. Det er over tredve år siden han døde, men fremdeles finner jeg alle slags sedler stukket inn mellom bladene i bøkene hans.

Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It's what we do and share with the world that matters. I believe it's important that we leave our communities in better shape than we found them.

You cannot amputate your history from your destiny, because that is redemption.

if I die suddenly, my gravestone might appropriately offer this insight into my departure: "God got tired." I require lots of work.

I am dying,' she said. 'I want you to paint the goddess on my hand. When I go to that other land I shall hold up my hand—' she held it up 'and greet her. She has given me a good life.'… 'Aye,' said the old woman. 'Imoy, there she is. Here we paint her looking down to see us, but this is better. Her eyes are open, she will know me.

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically I'm a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with - since 1995 - is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.

Knowledge of and definite relationship to his genealogy is therefore necessary for a child to build up his complete body image and world picture. It is an inalienable and entitled right of every person. There is an urge, a call in everybody to follow and fulfill the tradition of his family, race, nation, and the religious community into which he was born.

As he'd noted before, the decision to cross the color line had allowed him to reap many benefits, but it had cost him, too, and this time that decision would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Although there were only five children enrolled, every educated child was an asset to the race.

My great-great grandfather was a Tory and fought on the side of the Crown against the rebels." "He was on the losing side then?

Because you're the county's matriarch. You're loved, respected, and there may not be enough of you left for your family to bury if we have to extract you from a flipped over, burning truck. Don't put your people through that." Tamar

Jim Beckwourth,

William Leidesdorff,

Beverly Jenkins

Because the world needs sons and daughters with the courage of their fathers, and you are a courageous man.

Nubia is Wonder Woman's Black twin sister, and Sam Wilson is a Black guy who used to be the Falcon but is now Captain America.

Art is the signature of civilization.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.