Quotes About Legacy

We Szekelys2 have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races3

We have the well-known legend of the 'Worm Well' of Lambton Castle

Brandon's greatest regret is that he has but one life to give for Gondor.

With these coming children we never relinquish the past. We keep seeing somebody gone in each new one.

It's almost impossible to escape the beliefs our parents instill in us, isn't it?

Certainly, in the spring of 2013 I hadn't fucked up as many gay lives as Bill Clinton had.

In religion as in parenthood, uncritical loyalty to our ancestors may implicate us in an injustice against our descendants: imprisoning them in the errors of our ancestors.

This papal document—which has not yet been repudiated by the Catholic Church—was the basis for the Christian justification of colonialism and the building of competitive Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, Belgian, German, and other Euro-Christian empires that spanned the world.13 It was the genocide card that was given to every white Christian nation.

How one is remembered doesn't matter when one is focused on integrity.

Everyone who was gone was really still here.

One world at a time. —Thoreau, on his deathbed

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

The Butlerian Jihad has been over for thousands of years, and still humankind acts as if we're terrified rodents hiding from shadows. There is an anti-Ixian prejudice throughout the Imperium because we make complex machines. People don't understand what we do, and misunderstanding breeds suspicion.

A man never gets over losing his son, or his honor.

Anirul stiffened. "My future husband—and even the Golden Lion Throne itself—are secondary to our breeding program." "Of course you're right." Margot nodded in resignation, as if shocked at her own gaffe. "But how should we proceed?" "We begin with a message to Leto.

Every man dreams of the future, though not all of us will be there to see it. —TIO HOLTZMAN, Speculations on Time and Space

We can learn much from those who came before us. The most valuable legacy our predecessors can leave us is the knowledge of how to avoid the same deadly mistakes.

The symbolism of a belief can survive far longer than the belief itself.

House Atreides claimed to trace its roots more than twelve thousand years, back to the ancient sons of Atreus on Old Terra. Now the family embraced its long history, despite the numerous tragic and dishonorable incidents it contained. The dukes had made an annual tradition of performing the classic tragedy Agamemnon, most famous son of Atreus and one of the generals who had conquered Troy.

The individual is shocked by the overwhelming discovery of his own mortality. The species, however, is different. It need not die. —PARDOT KYNES, An Arrakis Primer

Way out on the rim of the galaxy The gifts of the Lord lie torn Into whose charge the gifts were given Have made it a curse for so many to be born This is my trouble— These were my fathers So how am I supposed to feel? Way out on the rim of the broken wheel.

Who says that I am dead knows nought at all. I am that is, Two mice within Redwall. The Warrior sleaps Twixt Hall and Cavern Hole I am that is, Take on my mighty role... Look for the sword In moonlight streaming forth At night, when days first hour Reflects the north From o'er the threshold Seek and you will see; I am that is, My sword shall wield for me.

The Log-a-Log of all the Guosim was smiling, even though his eyes had closed for the last time. He had lived long enough to keep his promise to his friends. He had found their young ones.

Yes! Yes! Redwalllll! No warrior can swing the sword of Martin like him. Father! It's meeeeeee!