Quotes About Legacy

The most dangerous of all books, so far as the history of the world is concerned, is indubitably the Bible, because no other book has brought so much good and so much evil to the human race.

Men leave only an impression of their

presence on earth, left in the minds and souls of those who loved them, but those don't last long.

The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away, and leave no trace behind.

Ach Gott! die Kunst ist lang; und kurz ist unser Leben.

O, atât de pieritor e omul, încât chiar acolo unde are certitudinea c? existen?a lui înseamn? ceva, acolo unde las? cu adev?rat urma prezen?ei lui în amintirea, în sufletul celor care îi sunt dragi, chiar ?i acolo urma aceasta trebuie s? se sting? ?i s? dispar?, ?i asta atât de curând!

Lo que brilla, ha nacido para el instante; lo auténtico permanece intacto para la posteridad.

Lo que brilla nació para el instante; lo auténtico permanece imperecedero en la posteridad.

Oh, man is so transient that even where he is really certain of his existence, even where he makes the one true impression of his presence, in the memory, in the soul of his dear ones, even there must he disappear, be extinguished, and that so soon!

Man ought not, like a mushroom, to spring up And rot upon the ground that nourished him, Leaving no trace of life-like energy!

Honrad la memoria de la serpiente! —dijo el hombre de la lámpara—. Le debéis la vida, tu pueblo le debe el puente por el cual las dos orillas se unen y se vivifican como pueblos. Aquellas resplandecientes gemas que están en el agua, los restos de su cuerpo sacrificado, son los pilares de este hermoso puente. Sobre ellos ella misma se edificó y sola se mantendrá.

Life is the childhood of our immortality

Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern hast, erwirb es um es zu besitzen.

A i onima je dobro koji svoja dronjava zaposlenja, pa ?ak i strasti, krste velelepnim imenima i pripisuju ih ljudskom rodu. Kao pothvate ispolinske, preduzete za spas i blagostanje celokupnog ?ove?anstva. Blago onome ko može da je takav!

Minden, minden elmúlt! Semmi jele annak a volt világnak, egyetlen szívdobbanás sem maradt akkori érzéseimb?l. Mintha kísértet volnék, amely visszatér kiégett, romos kastélyába, dús fejedelem korában maga építette, tündökl?n fölékesített palotájába, amelyet haldoklásában is reménnyel telve hagyott szeretett fiára.

He whose vision cannot cover History's three thousand years, Must in outer darkness hover, Live within the day's frontiers.

He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth

Wohl dem, der seiner Väter gern gedenkt, Der froh von ihren Taten, ihrer Größe, Den Hörer unterhält und still sich freuend Ans Ende dieser schönen Reihe sich Geschlossen sieht!

It was Papa," Marian interrupted quietly, glancing up at her aunt. "He looked directly at me,not a foot away from me.It was Papa." Kathleen sighed. "Well,I can't say I'm delighted to hear it.The best thing Mortimer ever did for you gals was to die. So he couldn't even do that right?

By your father's word has your life been given to me to protect. Now do I give you my life in return, yours to keep until the day I die. --Falon to Shanelle

Resolve to live as with all your might while you do live, and as you shall wish you had done ten thousand years hence.

The closer he got to succeeding in his presidential campaign, the more Ted Kennedy fumbled.

Perhaps one day they will add about you as their leader, "And you made a difference" That is the true reward of Leadership

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.