Quotes about Legacy

Living to create an earthly legacy is a shortsighted goal. A wiser use of time is to build an eternal legacy. You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Second, "What did you do with what I gave you?" What did you do with your life — all the gifts, talents, opportunities, energy, relationships, and resources God gave you? Did you spend them on yourself, or did you use them for the purposes God made you for?

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life. Only people are going to last forever.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.

Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered.

It is a long established principle of the Church never to completely drop from her public worship any ceremony, object or prayer which once occupied a place in that worship.

I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.