Quotes About Legacy

The dream will outlive the dreamer so dream big.

me the grace of God. They, as well as other powerful souls, were my spiritual role models. They didn't have great mansions or millions of dollars to leave me when they passed, but they planted the seeds of grace, the invaluable gift of knowing God.

My savvy grandfather, who owned a juke joint, always carried a straight razor in his pocket, and was nobody's fool, saw the truth behind Emmitt's big-man act. He knew he was a fake.

I am who I am today because my mama mama'd me.... Every accolade I get, every accomplishment I've achieved, all my iconic moments and catchy coined phrases (Smize, boo!) are because of her. I am her creation. Her FrankenTy.

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

L'Histoire l'emporte sur la mémoire, or l'Histoire a besoin de héros.

Life cannot withstand death, but memory is gaining in its struggle against nothingness.

Someone asked me, "What do you have to say about Rajneesh after his death?" I said that the world has never seen such a pimp nor will it ever see one in the future. He combined Western therapies, the Tantric system, and everything that you could find in the books. He made a big business out of it. He took money from the boys; he took money from girls, and kept it for himself. He is dead and so we don't say anything. Nil nisi bonum (Of the dead speak not unless it be good)

A messiah is the one who leaves a mess behind him in this world.

It is no coincidence that he referred to Kant as "the father of us all" (Piaget, 1965/1971, p. 220).

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

The darkest day of my life was the day I heard of Lincoln's assassination. I did not know what it meant. Here was the rebellion put down in the field, and starting up in the gutters...

As time passes, people, even of the South, will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right of property in man.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.

Sadness is always the legacy of the past; regrets are pains of the memory

Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of 'you' to the world.

A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in

The remembrance of a beloved mother becomes a shadow to all our actions; it precedes or follows them.

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.

Women are the foundation of a society, but remember who laid them!

A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be