Quotes About Legacy

My grandmother and my mother and my grandfather, their style of praying was - all day long, they would pray by singing and humming.

My sister had been praying for me since I was born: my sister, Stephanie, my namesake. That's what she is to me; my namesake - Stephanie, Stephon. Stephanie - that's my daughter's name. I kept it in the family.

My grandpa was a preacher.

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.

I was born into a family of preachers.

My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

My great-great-great-grandfather or something, I think his father came before him; but, in the 1840s, he was a circuit-riding Baptist preacher.

My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that's my father.

My dad was a preacher.

The women and the men are teachers and preachers in my family, and a little bit of both those fell on me.

My granddad and great granddad were Baptist preachers from Western Kentucky.

John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the precepts of John Lennon.

I've titled this book 'Eighty Is Not Enough' not just for the obvious play on words, but as a way of expressing the single idea that has governed my entire life, that every moment of life is precious, that every step we take is an adventure, that every day on earth is a gift from God.

I think our young people are our most precious possession.

Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will this broaden or deepen my relationships?' 'Will this contribute to an atmosphere of growth in my life?' 'Is this a way to 'Be Gretchen?' and 'Will this help connect me to my past?'

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

Usually, when people hear my last name, before they really get to know me or work with me, there's probably a lot of preconceived notions that come with that. And I imagine most of them aren't good. Because for every wonderful second generation of a famous person, there's people that aren't that way. More entitled people.

Whether I was The Legend Killer, The Viper, The Apex Predator, nothing's really changed.

I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

Hopefully when I make it to 80, I can go to a hockey game and watch the Predators and Capitals play with my grandkids. That's probably my legacy on the hockey side.

Hip-hop has had this history where the predecessor just is so harsh and not nice to the next coming generation that it creates this separation and this gap.

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.