Quotes about Legacy

We are men born in a land of eternal darkness. We grope where we cannot see clearly. Why mistrust what ancient books say? Why mistrust what our souls say? Our forefathers gave us this lamp, and the flame was lit in brighter days, when men saw further. I agree the lamp-light of such far-off lore, is dim for us; but surely that proves it to be folly, not wisdom, to cast the lamp aside: for then we are blind.

And truly, God does not make known his will to us, that the knowledge of it may perish with   us; but that we may be his witnesses to posterity and that they may deliver the knowledge received through us, from hand to hand, (as we say,) to their descendants.

In condemning, therefore, the vices of a father, a truly pious son will subscribe to God's Law; and still, whatsoever he may be, will acknowledge that he is to be honored, as being the father given him by God.

Death, thou shalt die.

when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again, for that library where every book shall lie open to one another;

Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not ever truly to have lived.

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

We give our dead To the orchards And the groves. We give our dead To life.

You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.

We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors.

Life is short and we have scarcely begun to live when we are called to die.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.