Quotes about Legacy
Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him.
— Elie Wiesel
When good men die their goodness does not perish.
— Euripides
You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it.
— Henry Ford
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
— Henry Ward Beecher
You can't just check out and think it will all be over. It won't be over for anyone who loves you. You'll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You'll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn't . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you're like me, single without children, you could impact generations.
— Terri Blackstock
if you are 42 years old, you only have 36 more Christmases left with your family. If you are 57 years old, you only have 21 more summers to enjoy at the lake. If you're 63 years old, that's 15 more birthday cakes with your family. Fifteen! That's nothing! It makes you view life more seriously, doesn't it?
— Terri Savelle Foy
If today was the last day of my life, would I be happy with what I'm about to do?"[8]
— Terri Savelle Foy
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies
— Tertullian
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies
— Tertullian
Does not the Wise Man tell us—"Life is like a ship that passeth through the waves: when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found"?
— St. Therese of Lisieux
We are the heirs of the ages
— Theodore Roosevelt
Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.
— Theodore Roosevelt