Quotes About Legacy

There are families whose greatness lies in their past, and in their legacies, Mrs. Schuyler answered. That is a quality much to be admired, for tradition is what binds us as a society. But there are some families, like some nations, whose greatness is a future development, and that quality, though harder to discern than the prestige of manor houses and coats of arms and titles of rank and office, is no less valuable, if, indeed, not more so.

For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State's blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and depression about his own dubious birthright.

Prove that you are my daughter, prove that you are mine. Prove to me that you are the blood of the dragon. Prove you are worthy of that mark on your skin.

You could save the kingdom, but you still had to pass Magical History.

Es el reto al que nos enfrentamos todos. ¿Qué podemos hacer para mejorar nosotros y este país? ¿Qué podemos hacer para ser recordados? ¿Quiénes queremos ser?

But the queen thinks only of her country. She will stop at nothing to find the scrolls, for they are the key to her family's protection . . . and her country's salvation.

and the woman who founded New York's first private orphanage . . .

some of our descendents

Soltanto le costruzioni piccole possono essere portate a compimento dal loro primo architetto; le grandiose, le vere, lasciano sempre la pietra della cimasa alla posterità. Dio mi guardi dal completare alcunché. Questo intero libro non è che un abbozzo… anzi, non è che l'abbozzo di un abbozzo.

When you're moved to find out who you are, study the graves you encounter as you pass by.Inside rest the bones and weightless dust of men once kings and tyrants, wise men, and those who took pride in their noble birth or wealth, their fame, or their beautiful bodies. Yet what good was any of that against time? All mortals come to know Hades in the end. Look toward these to know who you are.

Glorious Destinies get you Glorious Funerals.

My kith and kin have long since vanished into time—

Your Grandfather, said Vanyel's brawny 15 year-old cousin Radevel, was Crazy.

Not enough of us get to tell those who had a hand in building us just how we feel about our pasts, while they're still alive. It wounds the heart, but makes us more whole whenever we can, though. This physical world isn't all there is, but while we have it, this is the one that counts. The words should be spoken.

Tradition spoke of an elegant half-arch being only a fallen pile of stones without its counterpart to make it whole.

When all that's left of me is love, Give me away.

Love doesn't die, People do. So, when all that's left of me Is love, Give me away.

The Earth swirls down through the ominous moons of preconsidered generations.

He would always say that what really matters in life is to 'Follow your dreams and to look after your friends and family along the way.' That was life in a nutshell for him, and I so hope to pass that on to my boys as they grow up.

Mum, still to this day, says that growing up I seemed destined to be a mix of Robin Hood, Harry Houdini, John the Baptist, and an assassin. I took it as a great compliment.

25. Seek Out The Five Fs My dad always told me that living a good life was about 'looking after your friends and family and having the courage to go for your dreams'. That was life in a nutshell for him. Luckily those simple values meant much more to him than my school reports - which weren't always glowing!

Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

Bel Kaufman (1911–2014) was a writer, teacher, and lecturer best known for her classic, bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase (1965).