Quotes About Legacy

Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, "All that is not given is lost.

Put your money to work. If you know someone with the vision to do something really great—something that will positively impact the lives of others—provide resources for him to accomplish it. Put your money to work for something that will outlive you.

Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

We may not be able to choose our ancestors, but we can attempt to shape our descendants. If we encourage our children to stand on our shoulders, they will certainly see farther than we have. John

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried." —J. R. MILLER

Las personas podrán honrarte por lo que hiciste ayer, pero te respetan por lo que haces ahora. Valoro el ayer, pero vivo hoy.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Live the legacy you want to leave. I believe that to have any credibility as a leader, you must live what you say you believe. If you want to create a legacy, you need to live it first. You must become what you desire to see in others.

Choose who will carry on your legacy. I don't know what you want to accomplish in life, but I can tell you this: a legacy lives on in people, not things. Too often leaders put their energy into organizations, buildings, systems, or other lifeless objects. But only people live on after we are gone. Everything else is temporary.

Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.

Muchos tienen éxito inmediato por lo que saben; Algunos tienen éxito temporal por lo que hacen; pero Pocos logran éxito permanente por lo que son.

leader is great, not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others. Success without a successor is failure. A worker's main responsibility is developing others to do the work (see

Mr. Holland's Opus

Cualquiera puede comenzar, pero solamente alguien de buena estirpe puede terminar.

My Influence My life shall touch a dozen lives Before this day is done. Leave countless marks of good or ill, E'er sets the evening sun. This, the wish I always wish, The prayer I always pray; Lord, may my life help others' lives It touches by the way.7

create memories.

Poet and philosopher Johann von Schiller wrote, "He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times." You can do your best only if you are continually seeking to embrace positive change.

French essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne wrote, "The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little.

I believe that no matter what "plot" each of our stories may follow, deep down we all want one thing. We want our lives to matter. We want our stories to be of significance.

Author Noel M. Tichy says, "The ultimate test for a leader is not whether he or she makes smart decisions and takes decisive action, but whether he or she teaches others to be leaders and builds an organization that can sustain its success even when he or she is not around.

Justina's life had been exemplary, but by ending it she seemed to have disgraced us all.

I told her everything I could think of, even about my father being buried in the Protestant Cemetery.

Sometimes when you sacrifice something special, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on.

And when I am gone, just carry on, don't mourn, rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice. Just know that I am looking down on you smiling and I didn't feel a thing, so baby don't feel no pain, just smile back.