Quotes About Legacy

Christians have been beaten, whipped, starved, humiliated, mutilated, tortured, hung, burned at the stake, crucified, and fed to lions; yet two thousand years after a man called Jesus of Nazareth walked the streets of Jerusalem, 1,734 million people alive on this earth today call themselves by the ever-dividing, ever-uniting word: Christian. God is still scattering the seeds a few righteous renegades planted in a city called Antioch. Had they only known what they were starting.

Life is just a breath. All that will matter forever and ever in our heavenly state is the glory that came to God through our lives.

God does not save us to make us forget our heritage, but to complete it.

I want a thousand things for my children, and I ask without hesitation, but I want nothing more than that God would be glorified. Life is just a breath. All that will matter forever in our heavenly state is the glory that came to God through their lives and ours.

LORD, Your name endures forever, Your reputation, LORD, through all generations. Psalm 135:13

Israel said to Joseph, "Look! I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers." Genesis 48:21

Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31 Let's face it. None of us can do a thousand things to the glory of God. And in our vain attempt we stand the risk of forfeiting a precious thing—EXCELLENCE. Oh, that we might discern the will of God, surrender to His calling, resign the masses of activities, and sell out to do a few things well. What a legacy that would be for our children.

Between every unfaithful generation and every faithful generation is one person who is determined to change. And you could be that link. So could I.

One generation will declare Your works to the next and will proclaim Your mighty acts. I will speak of …Your wonderful works. Psalm 145:4–5

Your fruit will outlast your life. You can't always see the effects, because they are eternal, but one day you will. One day you will see that you couldn't have been more significant if you'd tried.

None of us can do a thousand things to the glory of God, but we can do several. When you're on your deathbed, which ones will you want to have chosen?

What could make a man stands taller than a newborn son?

The revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29

The Lord will not forsake His people or abandon His heritage. Psalm 94:14

Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered sons and daughters… . Enoch walked with God. Genesis 5:22, 24

The Lord gave them rest on every side according to all He had sworn to their fathers. Joshua 21:44

What if you were to die today... Tomorrow is not a promise but a chance.

Reagan has been deified by the Republican Party, which is odd. The Reagan that modern Republicans revere is not the real Reagan.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

My reputation precedes me now.

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy.