Quotes About Legacy

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence.

The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.

This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future.

Without a past you can't have a future.

Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?

We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.

They never die, who have the future in them.

We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.

The present is no more exempt from the sneer of the future than the past has been.

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to pay our bills.

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.

Kids don't make up 100 percent of our population, but they do make up 100 percent of our future.

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You can't live in history. You've got to build for the future.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future.

There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.

There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.

If we forget our past, we won't remember our future and it will be as well because we won't have one.

The cars that our children and grandchildren will be driving in the future will be greener as a result of high-tech lessons learned.

The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather in the future.