Quotes about Legacy

Remember, you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

Remember, you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

Death is not your termination but your transition into eternity, so there are eternal consequences to everything you do on earth. Every act of our lives strikes some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

William James said, "The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: There is more to life than just here and now. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever." 1 JOHN 2:17 (NLT) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Since I was made to last forever, what is the one thing I should stop doing and the one thing I should start doing today?

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

We never really own anything during our brief stay on earth. God just loans the earth to us while we're here. It was God's property before you arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after you die. You just get to enjoy it for a while.

Living to create an earthly legacy is a shortsighted goal. A wiser use of time is to build an eternal legacy. You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Second, "What did you do with what I gave you?" What did you do with your life — all the gifts, talents, opportunities, energy, relationships, and resources God gave you? Did you spend them on yourself, or did you use them for the purposes God made you for?

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life. Only people are going to last forever.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.