Quotes about Legacy

I can probably go down in history as the best backup point guard ever in NBA history.

My dream collaboration would be Elvis.

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

a person must pass the lessons learned on to others—or there has been no real gift at all.

As Jaroslav Pelikan so wisely put it years ago, "Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living, and I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives Tradition such a bad name

Each generation has to appropriate its deepest beliefs for itself. We used to say it this way: "God has no grandchildren." Each generation must itself be realigned with God and discover the mystery for itself.

You will have many more Aarons building you golden calves than Moseses leading you on any exodus.

I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and future all at once.

No civilization has ever survived unless the elders saw it their duty to pass on gifts of Spirit to the young ones.

No civilization has ever survived unless the elders saw it their duty to pass on gifts of Spirit to the young ones. Is it that we are selfish, or is it that we ourselves have never found the gift ourselves? I suspect it is largely the latter. I don't think most people are terribly selfish. They just don't know.