Quotes about Legacy

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Rest as if you'll live forever; work as if you'll die today.

You were born a star; your deeds determine how brightly you'll shine.

Your ancestors are a ladder; upon them climb.

When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

For every struggle that Joe survived, For every dispute he endured, to rise, Joe will go down in history as a model for champions to come. While Frazier was a man of few words, Ali was a world of mouth, but he found his place in history. Now his heart can express him well. Joe Frazier was a silent warrior, whom Ali silently admired. One could not rise without the other.