Quotes About Legacy

Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind!

The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends the most to the perpetuation of society itself.

I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.

Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy.

Great men have been among us; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom--better none

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.

Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.

The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.

A grandmother is a person with too much wisdom to let that stop her from making a fool of herself over her grandchildren.

I have the impression that the new generation of young people, are coming up on the scene with a sense "ancestorhood", and with more wisdom than was evident before.

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

I say to the young blokes, when you get asked for an autograph, don't knock it back because there'll be a time where no one will ask you.

Serve your parents if you expect your children to serve you when you are old

We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead.

There is no wisdom but in death

King Fahd was a man of wisdom and a leader who commanded respect throughout the entire world. He was a friend and strong ally of the United States for decades.

What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die, you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here.

in China, where no man gets a title until he is dead; and that is a better way, after all, than with us. When a man does something very good there, they give a title of nobility to his father, who is dead, or to his grandfather.

give a mental assent to the customs of their forefathers

Virtue is the only friend which follows us even beyond the grave. Everything else ends with death.

Our life is born on earth, our death is also necessary here, the earth to keep him well, to protect him; We also have the responsibility to rebuild him, only then is it possible to form a new life

The whole world is a gigantic legacy. Imagine having to start afresh each generation: who would invent the wheel, devise the lever, construct the alphabet and multiplication table? I could not; could you?