Quotes about Legacy
For me, life isn't about being recognized or having everyone know who I am. That's not why I'm here. To me, my foundation is the most important thing I do or have ever done. That's what my life is about.
— Tim Tebow
I hope that when I'm 90 years old, I've accomplished a legacy that isn't all about me. I hope it's a legacy about the people who our foundation helps.
— Tim Tebow
I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
— George W. Bush
Whatever the verdict on my presidency, I'm comfortable with the fact that I won't be around to hear it. That's a decision point only history will reach.
— George W. Bush
When my time is up," I would tell friends, "my dance card is going to be full.
— George W. Bush
I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.
— George W. Bush
I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
— Ian Mckellen
Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
I want the world to be better because I was here.
— Will Smith
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
— Barack Obama
In order to make history, you have to win the World Cup. It's not good enough just to reach a final.
— Carlos Tevez