Quotes About Legacy

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

Singular creature, he had never cared to find out a single relative among four generations counted on the female side. The thought of his heirs was abhorrent to him; and the idea that his wealth could pass into other hands after his death simply inconceivable.

Thought alone holds the tradition of the bygone life. The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.

Make another failure like that ... and you'll be immortal.

A long future requires a long past.

Glory is the sun of the dead.

The King stands for us all. To die for the King is to die for oneself, for one's family, which, like the kingdom, cannot die.

Los grandes hombres, sólo con existir, emiten una luz que ilumina a quienes están a su alrededor, y cuando esta luz se apaga proyecta una sombra pesada, irremediablemente.

Maria, báu v?t c?a ông! T?m bi?t cháu. Hãy yêu quý bà, b? và m?, hãy tr? thành má»™t cô gái tuy?t v?i ?? không x?u h? vá»›i cái tên ??c M?. Ryuzo

Non siamo nati solo per mangiare, né per guadagnare denaro, né per starcene senza far nulla, né per lasciare eredi, né tantomeno per invecchiare. Non siamo invece venuti al mondo perché dentro di noi brucia la fiamma di una passione? Non siamo qui, adesso, per amare i nostri cari e creare tanti bei ricordi, e portarli con noi fino a quando moriremo, senza rimpianti?

Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends. Perhaps Eriko's was only a minor kind of greatness, but her light was sorely missed.

Ciò che è inciso nel corpo non scompare.

Did anyone ever imagine, back in the old days, that eventually a day would come when people and their brains would each die a separate death?

There have been only two geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare. But, darling, I think you'd better put Shakespeare first.

What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead?

With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore people still call me that. And I'm like "...retired."

Live as a villain, die as a hero

They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time

I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

This is a problem for Irish writers--our literary forebears are enormous. They stand behind us like Easter Island statues, and we keep trying to measure up to them, leaping towards heights we can't possibly reach. I suppose that's a good thing, but it makes for a painful early life for the writer.

Nh?ng t?t c? nh?ng gì b? chi?n tranh nghi?n nát thì d? âm l?i b?n lâu, b?n lâu h?n t?t c? các tàn tích c?a chi?n tranh và chinh bi?n.

Only a handful of men and women leave an imprint on the conscience of a nation and on the history that they helped shape, ...

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

What I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.