Quotes About Legacy

My dad, Fred Trump, was the smartest and hardest-working man I ever knew. It's because of him that I learned from my youngest age to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people.

Time is all we have. One lifetime under this name to produce a body of work that says, This is how I saw the world. Your work is worthy of whatever time it takes.

The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.

A mathematician ... has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, since ideas wear less with time than words.

When I look back on my work, I'm proud of what I've done.

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work.

Everyone's life is a page in the human history irrespective of the position he or she holds or the work he or she performs.

I want to be known for the work I've done, as opposed to where I go on Saturday nights.

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.

It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.

The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.

Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future.

I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven forever in the work of the world.

Yeah, it's unfair that you can get judged by something you didn't do, but it's also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn't work for.

My legacy is in my family, not in my work. For me. I don't know about for other people. I try to forget a lot.

If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.

You want what you create to live, and I give my all in my work because I want it to live.

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead.

Your spirit lives on in your work. YOU decide what manner of work that will be.

Identify with excellence, put your name on your work, and both your work and name will stand the test of time.