Quotes About Legacy

Scared is the price brave people pay to enjoy lives that make history.

We all owe death a life.

Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots

Do you want to sell sugar water all your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?

The last thing my mother said to me was, 'SuSu, your life is a celebration of everything that is cheap and tawdry.' I've always liked that, and I've always tried to live up to it.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

Tradition: how the vitality of the past enriches the life of the present.

I'm truly flattered and honored that I get to be Raven for life.

You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression.

I am working hard to provide solutions to meet a most pressing goal: preserving our way of life for our kids and grandkids.

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

Che Guevara's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory.

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.

All you have to do is relax and feel your history, because it will never go away and there is no future without it.

Do whatever you gotta do to chase your legacy every second of your life.

A father's holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.

If you died right now, how would you feel about your life?

It used to be that a son could look at the father, and pretty much know what life was gonna be like as an adult. There was confidence in that, and comfort in that, and frustration also.

I am committed to doing customer service for Craigslist for the rest of my life. The exit strategy is death.

George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.

What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

Dying is the last thing I will ever do.