Quotes about Legacy
When he takes the knife to the canvass the servants find him lying dead with a knife through is heart and withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. and the portrait in all the wonders of his exquisite youth and beauty. p 349
— Oscar Wilde
The ages live in history through their anachronisms.
— Oscar Wilde
Yet ruled he not long, so great had been his suffering, and so bitter the fire of his testing, for after the space of three years he died. And he who came after him ruled evilly.
— Oscar Wilde
Ah, Robbie, when we are dead and buried in our porphyry tombs, and the trumpet of the Last Judgement is sounded, I shall turn and whisper to you, 'Robbie, Robbie, let us pretend we do not hear it.
— Oscar Wilde
There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.
— Oscar Wilde
My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
— Pablo Picasso
For many centuries, nobles and magnates supported artists, musicians and authors so that their creative works would be dedicated to them.
— Dale Carnegie
Carnegie wanted to praise his assistants even on his tombstone. He wrote an epitaph for himself which read: "Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.
— Dale Carnegie
Carnegie wanted to praise his assistants even on his tombstone. He wrote an epitaph for himself which read: "Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.
— Dale Carnegie
What takes over when knowledge disappears is tradition.
— Dallas Willard
The lessons I taught you, the tradition I have passed on, all that you heard me say or saw me do, put into practice; and the God of peace will be with you (Phil. 4:9, NEB).
— Dallas Willard
A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life.
— James Dobson