Quotes about Legacy

Behind every civilization lies a vision and a worldview, and none is greater or more lasting than the strength of its vision.

Stranger, tell the Spartans that we behaved as they would wish us to, and are buried here.

The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.

regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever received was from my grandmother, who said, "A woman always has to keep something of her own, even if it's a jar of quarters." The other was from my agent, another wise woman, who told me twenty years ago: "You don't have to tell everything you know.

Europe got over the loss of its colonies much more quickly than the colonies got over their loss of Europe.

The path to significance is bigger than the individual.

God didn't give you your children to build your reputation but to publicly proclaim his.

You and I were created for more than filling up our schedules with the self-satisfying pursuits of personal pleasure.

We simply weren't constructed to live only for ourselves. We were placed on earth to be part of something bigger than the narrow borders of our own survival and our own little definition of happiness. The desire resides in each of us, and it is called transcendence. To transcend is to be part of something greater. We were created to be part of something so big, so glorious, so far beyond the ordinary that it would totally change the way we approach every ordinary thing in our lives.

Your story is a biography of wisdom and grace written by another.

One generation shall commend your works to another" (v. 4).