Quotes About Legacy

Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives.

For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.

Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood of Chopin.

A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever.

I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs.

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'

Don't waste your death on a half assed life

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don't get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow.

Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

There'll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read 'em but all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em.

If God grants me longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a chicken in the pot every Sunday.

If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.

To me, having kids is the ultimate job in life. I want to be most successful at being a good father.

Angelica. My beloved daughter, the one true good thing I have done in this life.

The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.