Quotes About Legacy

Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that, in the early decades of the twenty-first century, the United States succeeded in its great and historic mission--it globalized the world. But along the way, they might write, it forgot to globalize itself.

No nerve, hey? Not half a man!... Buster Jack, why don't you finish game? Make up for your low-down tricks. At the last try to be worthy of your dad. In his day he was a real man.... Let him have the consolation that you faced Hell-Bent Wade an' died in your boots!

Immortal beings have been compared to stars, these are existences that linger on long after the death of the thing itself.

No doubt, humans will do a lot of damage before we ultimately destroy ourselves. But life will continue without humans. New forms of intelligence will emerge long after this human experiment is over.

The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.

Beware the meek ... for we shall attempt to inherit the Earth.

Death is the only real elegance.

When Zhuangzi was about to die, his disciples expressed a desire to give him a sumptuous burial. Zhuangzi said, "I will have heaven and earth for my coffin and coffin shell, the sun and moon for my pair of jade discs, the stars and constellations for my pearls and beads, and the ten thousand things for my parting gifts. The furnishings for my funeral are already prepared - what is there to add?

You know, Marco, they can leave us, they can grow old, but it's like they're still here, running around our feet, just like when they were little tykes.

Running your own race is doing the best you can every chance you get with what you have for a purpose that outlives you.

Things you say in a matter of seconds are never forgotten in a lifetime."—IKE REIGHARD

Paint the picture of your life with godly decisions and you will never be ashamed to attach your signature to the portrait you create."—IKE REIGHARD

Most men go to their graves with their dreams still inside them

Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying." —Christian Furchtegott Gellert

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.

Our time is brief, and it will pass no matter what we do. So let us have purpose in spending it. Let us spend it so that our time matters to each of us, and matters to all those whose lives we touch.

The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.

Krivi smo ?im se rodimo, svakim svojim postupkom labavimo uže koje ?e otpustiti giljotinu, da nam glave padnu na slamu istorije.

Live your epitaph

A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.

Always write to change society for the better. You will go, but it will live as a treasure forever.

Always write to change society for the better. You will go, but it will live forever as a treasure.

As a sculptor sculpts a statue, an educator educates our future generation. Beauty depends on the creator.

Before leaving the world, leave a profound positive mark of love upon the world.