Quotes About Legacy

Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't.

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?

For some reason, humans have this funny thing about where we came from - it always has far more emotional weight than where we are.

It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.

Take away all the emotional baggage of any band's fight, be it The Beatles or The Stones, but in the end, you just enjoy the creativity. That's what the legacy is.

We must strive to become good ancestors.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren.

We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.

Most of what I know about environmental conservation I learned from my father, who has been a leader within the movement for over 30 years.

One must leave an inheritance to their next generation in form of safer environment.

The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.

When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors.

Crowns and thrones are all bodies which rise and perish and leave the world as it is.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

I have a 41-year track record of investing excellence… what do you have?

a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.

The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

You're only as good as your last story.

I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.

Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.