Quotes about Legacy
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
— Mother Teresa
The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.
— William James
If you are born poor it's not your mistake, But if you die poor it's your mistake.
— Bill Gates
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
— John Quincy Adams
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
— Genesis 36:4
King Solomon wrote, "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth" (Psalm 127:3—4, emphasis added).
— Kris Vallotton
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
— Khalil Gibran
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
— Paulo Coelho
freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. we did'nt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. it must be fought for, protected, and handed on to them to do the same; or, one day, we will spending our sunset years telling our children and our childrens children, what it was once like in the united states where men were free.
— Ronald Reagan
The most precious inheritance parents can leave their children is their own happiness. Parents' happiness is the most valuable gift they can give their children
— Thich Nhat Hanh
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
— Abraham Lincoln