Quotes About Legacy

If I am to be judged by those who come after me, let me be judged for the truth.

When Sarah Marston learned that her Aunt Hilda had left her a cottage and two thousand pounds, she realised that at last she could leave her husband.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Grandmother Hannah comes to me at Pesach and when I am lighting the sabbath candles. The sweet wine in the cup has her breath.... a little winter no spring can melt.

It was not that I did not miss Arofa. To this day, I dream about her. I kept seeing her ghost. But I have always believed that if you love a pet, when they die, you find a pet who needs a home, and that is how you show your love. To me, giving love to new cats commemorated her in the only way that mattered.

The need exists. I serve the need. After me the need will exist and the need will be served. Let me do well what has and will be done as well by others. Let me take on the role and then let it go.

I said, I like my life. If I have to give it back, if they take it from me, let me not feel I wasted any, let me not feel I forgot to love anyone I meant to love, that I forgot to give what I held in my hands, that I forgot to do some little piece of the work that wanted to come through.

My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him.

My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points.

Kultur und Todeswissen sind eng miteinander verflochten, wir wissen um die Kurzfristigkeit, um die Begrenztheit des Lebens. Das Gewahrwerden des eigenen Todes ist entscheidende Bedingung für die kulturelle Schöpferkraft. Kultur verspricht Dauer, Kultur schöpft Sinn, Kultur handelt mit Transzendenz. Ihr implizites Ziel ist es, das, was vorgegeben ist, zu überschreiten und ihm so Dauer zu verleihen.

Life is nice and round," he continued reflectively. "No beginning. No ending. I am now arrived at an age when you, my children, will carry on for me.

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children.

When I die I'm sure I will have a Big Funeral. Curiosity seekers... coming to see if I am really Dead or just trying to make Trouble.

If I'm going to spend a lifetime writing my story, I want it to mean something.

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.

Who would carry the bell canto - Of course Montserrat Caballe

There's more than one path to immortality.

We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead.

We're all going to die, but most of us won't go out in glory. Here's what matters, though, for men: not living, but living on in legend.

Last, but not least, Unferth, Hrothgar's left-handed man, unexpectedly stanned for Beowulf, and handed him his heirloom, Hrunting, an ancient hilted sword, written with runes of ruin, iron blade emblazoned with poison shoots, each bud reddened with enemy blood. In war, it never failed to score flesh, had never been wrested from the fist of him who held it. It was a sublime solider's sword, meant to limb enemies, and this wasn't the first time it urged a hero to perform a feat.

Stiu ca oamenii mor. Stiu ca atunci cand oamenii mor, cei care raman in urma lor intotdeauna se gandesc ca s-a intamplat ceva nebunesc, fiindca moartea prin natura ei, pare o nebunie . Asta se datoreaza in parte modului in cae omaniii au privit mereu moartea, de parca e ceva oarecum special, de parca fiecare persoana care moare e un erou . Vream sa murim spectaculos, nu doar sa '' pierim '' .

The truest measure of life is not in its length but the fullness in which it is lived.

jak?e ja b?d? umiera?, kiedy nie ?y?am ja wcale?