Quotes about Legacy

Words are the only things that last forever; they are more durable than the eternal hills

Words are the only things that last for ever.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar…. Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out.

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to "keep" by force of inertia.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

I pray that we might not outlive our usefulness.

Only one life "Twill soon be past Only what's done For Christ will last".

A legacy of true value is a legacy made of more than money. It's a legacy conceived in wisdom, nurtured by principle, and sustained by character.

Your days at the most cannot be very long, so use them to the best of your ability for the glory of God and the benefit of your generation.

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.