Quotes about Legacy

From the line of Nathan came Mary the mother of Jesus. From Solomon came Joseph, Mary's husband. The Lord Jesus Christ received the blood line and the legal title to the throne of David through Nathan and Solomon.

One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.

Think too about what the promise contains, before you refuse to take comfort from it. It speaks of a certain time when good training will bear fruit — when a child is old. Surely, there is comfort in this. You may not see with your own eyes the result of careful training, but you don't know what blessed fruits will spring from it long after you are dead and gone.

Peace, and not riches, had been the great legacy which He had left with the eleven the night before His crucifixion.

No interest should weigh on you so much as their eternal interests. No part of them should be as dear to you as that part which will never die.

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

Death is an ascension to a better library.

All men die; few men ever really live.

In order to understand how a man receives a wound, you must understand the central truth of a boy's journey to manhood: Masculinity is bestowed. A boy learns who he is and what he's got from a man, or the company of men. He cannot learn it any other place. He cannot learn it from other boys, and he cannot learn it from the world of women.

The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live. Sure, you can create a safe life for yourself... and end your days in a rest home babbling on about some forgotten misfortune. I'd rather go down swinging. Besides, the less we are trying to "save ourselves," the more effective a warrior we will be.

What man is a man who does not make the world better?

Frodo could not be a hero unless he was born into a story with many chapters already played out before his own. His moment derives its weight and urgency from the moments that have come before.