Quotes about Legacy
When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."
— Martin Luther
I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley of the Euphrates.
— Theodore Roosevelt
He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.
— Edmund Burke
Play the man, Mastre Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
— Hugh Latimer
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
— Sheryl Sandberg
What love we've given, we'll have forever.
— Leo Buscaglia
Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.
— Cicero
I'll tell you what, I love my daddy. And he's so special. He's meant so much to me, so it's not a thorn in my side to be known as Billy Graham's daughter. It's a privilege.
— Anne Graham Lotz
I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue.
— Carl Sagan
I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue.
— Carl Sagan
Our opinions are what we'll be known for; our love is what we'll be remembered for
— Bob Goff
Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.
— Mortimer Adler