Quotes about Legacy
or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
— Ecclesiastes 5:14
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
— Ecclesiastes 5:15
This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
— Ecclesiastes 5:16
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
— Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
— Ecclesiastes 6:3
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 6:12
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
— Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
— Ecclesiastes 7:1
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 7:11
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
— Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
— Ecclesiastes 9:5
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
— Ecclesiastes 9:15