Quotes about Legacy

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high piled books, in charact'ry, Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain … When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be

The great advantage of the sort of education I had was precisely that it made practically no mark upon those subjected to it.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

We can be in our day what the heroes of faith were in their day - but remember at the time they didn't know they were heroes.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

Each child in each generation chooses faith or disbelief. Faith is not an inheritance; it is a choice.

Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive.

Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive.