Quotes About Legacy

Nugent worried instead about his own mortality—about dying on a faraway battlefield without "leaving an heir behind to … represent me hereafter in the affairs of men.

The planet, saved for another day, stokes up its slow-burning gases and toxic dust, gold rift and scarlet gash that take our breath away; a world at its interminable show of holy dying. And we go with it, the old gatherer and hunter. To its gaudy-day, though the contribution is small, adding our handsel of warm clay.

Your days at the most cannot be very long, so use them to the best of your ability for the glory of God and the benefit of your generation.

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.

We'll all be equal under the grass, and God's got a heaven for country trash.

Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet.

I know that through the grace of God, I am the founder of Manitoba.

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.

God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead.

Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.

I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room.

Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids.

If I had wanted to be protected in a quiet job, I could have stayed at Porto. I would have been second, after God, in the eyes of the fans even if I had never won another thing.

I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino.

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as God.

God's plan provides a way for family relationships to extend beyond the grave. We can return to the presence of God, eternally united with our families.

He has been greatly missed since his retirement ... Thank God for videotapes and DVDs. In this regard, he will always be around.

God buries His workmen but carries on His work.

It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.