Quotes about Legacy
As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
— John Ortberg
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.
— Myles Munroe
Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.
— Charles Swindoll
You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.
— Erwin McManus
The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.
— John Quincy Adams
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.
— Mark Twain
Don't let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
— Barbara Johnson
Don't let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
— Barbara Johnson