Quotes about Legacy
The terrible threat against life, he said in his book God Is Not Yet Dead, is not death, nor pain, nor any variation on the disasters that we so obsessively try to protect ourselves against with our social systems and personal stratagems. The terrible threat is "that we might die earlier than we really do die, before death has become a natural necessity. The real horror lies in just such a premature death, a death after which we go on living for many years."
— Eugene Peterson
When good men die their goodness does not perish,But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.
— Euripides
The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
— Euripides
'Aurat' is an iconic poem which is relevant 70 years later and informs me in the work I do with women.
— Shabana Azmi
Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.
— Ariel Sharon
The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.
— Dick Cheney
No matter our age, circumstances, or abilities, each one of us can create something remarkable of his life.
— Joseph Wirthlin
I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.
— J. J. Watt
I lived, while 1 1/2 million Jewish children died. So I have an obligation to repair the world.
— Ruth Westheimer
The fact that Barack Hussein Obama became president is historic, to say the least. Actually, to become U.S. senator, that was historic, and then what he did later on - that's what inspired me to think about running for office.
— Raja Krishnamoorthi
I'm the granddaughter of immigrants.
— Jacky Rosen
The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
— William Barclay