Quotes About Legacy

The conviction reigns that it is only through the sacrifices and accomplishments of the ancestors that the tribe exists--and that one has to pay them back with sacrifices and accomplishments; one thus recognizes a debt that constantly grows greater, since these forebears never cease, in their continued existence as powerful spirits, to accord the tribe new advantages and new strength.

All that is good is inherited: whatever is not inherited is imperfect, is a mere beginning.

The commencement of all great things in the world is thoroughly and continuously saturated with blood.

You are treading your path of greatness: now it must call up all your courage that there is no longer a path behind you! You are treading your path of greatness: no one shall steal after you here! Your foot itself has extinguished the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility.

Já não amo, pois, senão o país dos meus filhos, a terra incógnita entre mares longínquos; é essa que a minha vela deve incessantemente, procurar.

A diferencia de los hombres, los rubíes y las esmeraldas no descansan tranquilamente en su tumba.

Only those who die with Him will live with Him.

Whenever a child is given to parents, a crown is made for it in Heaven; and woe to those parents if that child is not reared with a sense of responsibility to acquire that crown!

from 1550 to 1650, a century that encompassed the careers of Shakespeare and other writers of gigantic stature, Calvin was England's most published author.

The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.

Esta tarde, pensando todo esto frente a una ventana lúgubre, donde cae la nieve, con más de cincuenta años encima, y todavía sin saber muy bien quién soy ni qué carajos hago aquí, tengo la impresión de que el mundo fue igual desde mi nacimiento hasta que los Beatles comenzaron a cantar.

Vananenud raamatutest oma lastele raamatukogu rajamist saab õigustada ainult samamoodi, nagu õigustatakse varemete säilitamist: arheoloogiaga.

La muerta del Creador implica finalmente la muerte del creador. Lo cual no impide que Michel Foucault y Jacques Derrida firmen como autores de sus libros...

cette volonté de partir ne me semblait pas venir de moi seule. Souvent elle me paraissait émaner de générations en arrière de moi ayant usé dans d'obscures existences injustes l'élan de leur âme et qui à travers ma vie poussaient enfin à l'accomplissement de leur libération. Serait-ce donc le vieux rêve de mon enfance, qui me tenait toujours, de venger les miens par le succès ?

I love you now... I love you immortally, even if I die and there is nothing left of me.

byjadh heemyeh odh ubaech achoedzaY Foolishness may have golden offspring. I hope yours does.

it may be time to stop worrying about what we are making extinct and start nurturing what will outlast us.

During her life she was in Rivera's shadow. She was framed as the 'Wife of the Master Mural Painter [who] Gleefully Dabbles in Works of Art', as the patronizing headline of the Detroit News proclaimed in February 1933. Today, Rivera is known as Frida's husband.

I do not like to influence others. I would not like to become famous. I have done nothing deserving of acknowledgment in my life.2 When Kahlo made this statement she had already produced virtually all the iconic paintings for which she is well known – indeed, venerated – today.

From 1926 until her death she would continue to paint and draw numerous self-portraits, bestowing them as binding gifts to her husband, Diego Rivera, and to friends, lovers and admirers, beseeching them to remember her, always.

I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest.

The 347 wins is the thing I'm most proud of. Nobody's even close to it.

Whether someone like Klitschko wins, loses, draws, or gets knocked out in five seconds, he is still a big name.

I'll even miss the Patriots fans in Foxborough, and they should miss me, because they sure did get a lot of wins off of me.