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Quotes About Legacy

Great countries are those that produce great people.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
~ Rand Paul
I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories...
~ Joe Sakic
I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.
~ Dante Hall
I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.
~ Voltaire
Great men have great dogs.
~ Otto von Bismarck
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Any good thing you say to me shall not be forgotten. I shall carry it as near to my heart as my children, and it shall be as often on my tongue as the name of the Great Spirit.
~ Ten Bears
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
~ Tecumseh
I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
~ Otto von Bismarck
This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
~ Harlan Coben
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.
~ Lara St. John
Every great work of art has two faces, one towards its own time and one towards future, towards eternity.
~ Daniel Barenboim
The world has lost a great musician who will always be an inspiration to me and those at OBEY GIANT.
~ Shepard Fairey
When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.
~ Gavin DeGraw
Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.
~ Maurice Strong
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
~ Ludwig van Beethoven
My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family knew she was just trying to stop civil rights.
~ Anthony Jeselnik
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.
~ Guy Kawasaki
What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?
~ Richard Rorty
When I was starting as an anime director I wanted to be known for great things. I never wanted to be known for some overblown toy commercial.
~ Yoshiyuki Tomino
Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
My great grandmother was Chinese .
~ Michael Craig-Martin