Quotes about Posterity
God established the law itself as the perpetual rule of his church, to be always in the hands of men, and to be followed by all posterity.
— John Calvin
Success is not success without a successor.
— Bishop TD Jakes
The Lord clearly defined the roles of providing for and rearing a righteous posterity. In the beginning, Adam, not Eve, was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
— Joseph Addison
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!
— Isabel Allende
It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
— Robert Louis Stevenson