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Quotes About Legacy

People find a sense of being, a sense of worth and substance being associated with land. Association with final roots gives us not only a history but proclaims us heirs to a future.
~ Haki R. Madhubuti
Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.
~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Not a stone but has its history.
~ Lucan
Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.
~ Will Rogers
I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's become diluted.
~ James Spader
History is the essence of innumerable biographies.
~ Thomas Carlyle
If you make history with God, He'll make history with you
~ Bill Johnson
Longing on a large scale makes history.
~ Don DeLillo
Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you, but history which speaks through my mouth. Fustel de
~ Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
To have a sense of history one must consider oneself a piece of history.
~ Alfred Kazin
Each day is a drive through history.
~ Jim Morrison
It's up to history to judge.
~ Pol Pot
Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.
~ Doris Kearns Goodwin
Young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.
~ John Howard
It is the winners who write history - their way.
~ Elaine Pagels
History is more or less bunk.
~ Henry Ford
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
~ Saki
Brezhnev wasn't a minus for the history of our country, he was a huge plus, He laid a foundation for the country's economics and agriculture.
~ Leonid Brezhnev
Peter Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and stronger when we live with it.
~ Bettany Hughes
I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.
~ Alan Shepard
All empires eventually destroy themselves. That's the record of history.
~ Ralph Nader
History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.
~ Henry Adams
It's the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt.
~ Simon Van Booy
I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.
~ Soulja Boy