Quotes about Legacy
Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all.
- Henry David Thoreau
All are dead, and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know us not.
- Thomas Jefferson
A person's destiny often ends before his death.
- Milan Kundera
The dead teach this great lesson, which we are loathe to learn: we too will die.
- John Updike
The dead teach this great lesson, which we are loathe to learn: we too will die.
- John Updike
With a beaming face celebrate the joyful day and rest not therein. For no one can take away his goods with him. Yea, no one returns again, who has gone hence.
- Anonymous
The souls of men are not measured by what they have done, but by what they leave behind.
- Anonymous
Who never caused others to die Seldom rates a statue.
- Anonymous
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.
- Catherine Booth
Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.
- Mark Batterson
We never conceive the greatness of our fates.
- Henry David Thoreau
What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.
- Paulo Coelho