Quotes About Legacy

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

Five years off my life... I wondered with a wry smile, would people be immortal if they didn't have kids?

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

Life is short, but art lives forever.

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

The ones who count are those persons who - though they may be of little renown - respond to and are responsible for the continuation of the living spirit.

I just want to leave a committed life behind.

I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.

A life rooted deeply lives and grows in memory.

Every single day, I get asked by people to do the face, so Im bringing it along with me now for the rest of my life.

The secret of life is to skip having children and go directly to grandchildren.

The person who had the greatest influence in my life was my dad, who was a wonderful small businessman, devoted to his family, devoted to the local church.

As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.

If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires.

I think when you are named Noah, you are destined for a certain way of life.

My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.

Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before the mystery of life.

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.

It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

Those who murder fame Kill more than life destroyers.