Quotes About Legacy

Ghosts flutter about my head and I am oppressed in spirit. My son, has it all been wasted..?

Many people's tombstones should read, "Died at 30. Buried at 60."

But I'll let you in on a secret, Nonius: it is important for women to break hearts. You men can destroy in so many ways. But for us—for those lucky enough to make men fall in love with us—it is how we make our mark on the world. It is proof we were ever here, the pain we leave behind. And the more worthy the lovers we break, the better." "Shall I take that as a warning?" "Only if you intend to fall in love.

Inheritance is as integral to sonship as sacred space is to the priestly office.

Think of me as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, some day you'll be, So now prepare to follow me. Someone,

High in the Dales one can find: Think of me as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, some day you'll be, So now prepare to follow me. Someone, perhaps a night-duty policeman, had added the following: To follow you I'm not content, I do not know which way you went.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, And what we have been makes us what we are. GEORGE ELIOT, 1819—80

I have their letters in front of me, three from Priscilla and one from Winnie. Together, they dramatise the proverb: 'When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

Our lives can't be measured by our final years, of this I am sure.

I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..

When Reagan entered the White House, America was the world's largest creditor; by the time he retired to his Santa Barbara horse ranch, it had become the world's largest debtor, owing foreign lenders about $400 billion.

that those who are no longer with us remain with us specifically through our memories of them. That memories are perhaps more than just recordings, that they are the actual essence of the people we have known, the places we have been, lingering on long after the event, like time travellers, like ghosts.

Death looms large I guess because it should. It's the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It's the only thing we've really got, and I don't mean to sound bleak about this, but it's a unifying factor amongst us all.

when I die I'll meet my characters in heaven. And they won't be made at me . . ." Nick Cole Probably the coolest quote from an author I have ever heard!

His body had been doing that for almost two thousand years. Since his time as a slave on the Obsidia.

God, I pray that my family will continue on in the faith. Give my children ears to hear and the memory to recall their legacy in future years. Remind us to pray often for family members and for our descendants, just as some of our ancestors surely prayed for us. Create from us, O Lord, a family legacy that will honor you for generations to come.

What we do defines us. Our deeds are like shadows and depending on whether we run into or from the sun, they either lie behind us or before us. - Vulkan

Empires are built with broken bones and rivers of blood.

I have erred, and so I must atone. I lived when I should have died, and so I must become Immortal." – Oath of the Immortals

At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.

I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in.

Regrettably these tapes still exist.

The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.

It don't mean a damned thing," Colonel Parker was rumored to have remarked on Elvis's death. "It's just like when he was away in the army.