Quotes About Legacy

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who made no nuisance of themselves in the world.

I never realized that there was history, close at hand, beside my very own home. I did not realize that the old grave that stood among the brambles at the foot of our farm was history.

A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received.

I truthfully think, a consistent coach over 30 years, probably, I'd rather be that than having one championship and mediocrity for years.

Death is not only a passing on but a time for everyone else to truthfully reflect on one's life.

Truthfully, I'm still Corey Hart, Dad, first.

Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

He was a great man, my granddad, a very calm, logical and methodical guy. I suppose I'm trying to be more like him as I get older.

Nothing is more difficult than trying to correct history.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.

I'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.

For all my life, I've been trying to tell Madam's story and really it's a labor of love just to make sure people know about her and the empowerment she gave to other women.

I'm trying to make history.

My 94-year-old grandmother has always been so inspiring to me. She is kind, smart, brave, and independent. After graduating number one in her medical school class at a time when it was extremely rare for women to attend medical school, she worked with the World Health Organization in North Africa to eradicate tuberculosis.

On the death of his brothers, my dad lied about his age and joined the army in 1918. He was in the trenches long enough to be gassed and contract the early stages of tuberculosis from which he would eventually die just before my birth.

My dad told me to tuck my shirt in, look good and respect the game, so that has become embedded in me.

I had some good OGs, from Charles Woodson to Justin Tuck to Antonio Smith.

The things I learned early on from my granddad, the things he instilled in me, are still to this day a huge part and a huge priority of my own life. Even the little stuff like my granddad always telling me to tuck in my shirt at church. It sticks with you.