Quotes About Legacy

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

Quisiera, cuando terminen mis días en la Tierra, sorprenderme con que sí hay algo más. Un lugar creado por el dios que sea, de la religión que sea. O por nosotros. Un lugar donde encontrarnos otra vez y para siempre. Puede ser el aire, o el agua, un atardecer o el corazón de los que quedan vivos. Que a ese "dios", o como quieran llamarlo, cada uno le construya su propia catedral.

The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.

History's authority over us is not broken by maintaining a silence about its continued effects.

It's not quite as valuable as if it had been written in 1929, when Martin Luther King was born.

For we are your offspring.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.

A million years ago there had been no river here and in a million years to come there might be no river – but in a million years from now there would be, if not Man, at least a caring thing. And that was the secret of the universe, Enoch told himself – a thing that went on caring.

It's just a bow and arrow, but it's not a laughing matter. It might have been at one time, but history takes the laugh out of many things. If the arrow is a joke, so is the atom bomb, so is the sweep of disease laden dust that wipes out whole cities, so is the screaming rocket that arcs and falls then thousand miles away and kills a million people.

Christ, cut us up to little pieces. We'll die for what is right! Put fruit trees where our ashes are!

Traditions have got a lot to answer for. They lose their meaning and we cling on to something that does more harm than good.

Wars are remembered when those who were there would rather forget.

The only thing the English have left is their past.

A little girl asked her grandmother why she always ask her name. The grandmother said, It is not senility. I only want to make sure you remember me when you don't see me anymore...

Long time ago, there is a known gentleman named Robin Hood being chased because of stealing for a good cause. There is no more 'Robin Hoods' at the present time, but the good cause is still chasing for gentlemen to come out.

We believe in the living spirit and good deeds of heroes, not in their mistakes.

Not everyone believes in fame during his/her lifetime. But being a good memory and a good example to everybody is worth more than what fame can offer.

The world will remember you for your simplicity and humility!

A biography is like a mini-series with different twists and turns, ups and downs. Others will rewrite it for you when you forget to sign on the last page.

Cherish the time with your parents. Our time will come just like theirs. Keep holding on to those memories, envisaging that good memories will not cease forever.

Parents will always be grateful to their children for being remembered.

The familial narratives that are so important to who we are and to how the past is handed from one generation to the next disappeared, including those that remained untold until now. I forgot because so much was being forgotten.