Quotes About Legacy

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice.

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors carefully.

Be in life what you want your kids to be when they grow up.

Mom and Dad, For 50 years, youve been the ones who showed us how to live. Your marriage demonstrates it best, how to love and how to give. You always had a helping hand, a smile and a dose of cheer; Your selfless, sweet devotion kept us sheltered, year by year. Youve dealt with life like champions for half a century now; Youve blessed all those who know you; Mom and Dad, please take a bow!

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

We should have such joy that even at the time of death we can declare with a happy smile: That was wonderful!

Life happens once for us, so let's use it beautifully, and make all it's beauties and hardship, a history.

It's not rain, it's the tears of joy of those passed and grateful to you for remembering and honoring them.

Art history is so often about looking at the people who made the art; but I realized at that moment there were also stories to be told about the people who made the things that made the art. My

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

What is your future, son of a king?' he heard Torina say. Landen smiled. 'Ask your crystal, daughter of a queen.' She traced his eyebrow with a finger. 'My crystal never tells me what I can see with my own eyes.

We are born, we suffer, we love, we die, but the waves continue to beat upon the rocks; the seed time and the harvest come and go, but the earth remains.

Que mi propia fecha llegue muchos años después de ahora. Exactamente un día antes que la tuya.

The bones are a reminder of our mortality, of the fleeting nature of life. But they are also a reminder of the immortality of the spirit, of the enduring legacy that we leave behind." (Kneubuhl 76)

The past is never truly gone. It lives on in the memories of those who experienced it, in the stories that are told and retold, and in the places where it unfolded. We must honor the past by acknowledging its impact on our present, and by learning from its lessons to shape our future. (p. 21)

The past is never truly gone. It lives on in the memories of those who experienced it, in the stories that are told and retold, and in the places where it unfolded. We must honor the past by acknowledging its impact on our present, and by learning from its lessons to shape our future

In a world where men have always been in charge, it was hard for women to break through. But Ka'ahumanu was different. She was born to rule (Kneubuhl 27)

The spirits of our ancestors are all around us, Emmalehua. They speak to us in the rustle of the leaves, the whisper of the wind, and the song of the sea. We must listen to their wisdom, and let it guide us on our journey. For they are the keepers of our history, the guardians of our culture, and the inspiration for our future. We must honor them, respect them, and carry their legacy forward, so that their voices may be heard for generations to come." (Kneubuhl 89)

We are here. And then we are not here. For a little while, we are a story. ...layers of lived life...

Sons are for fathers the twice-told tale.

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

The daughter can become the mother's opportunity either to make up for the past and right wrongs or to exact retribution for her losses. The mother's own experience of the long-ago family serves as an overlay to her mothering: Past and present are inextricably intertwined.

One only has to watch aging siblings scrap over the worthless pots and pans and scuffed furniture of a deceased parent's estate- like toddlers over toys- to see how desperate is the need to wrest some last, pathetic, tangible measure of their parent's devotion.