Quotes about Legacy
Our names... are in the hands of God, Who will preserve them so far as He has use of them, and further we shall have no use of them ourselves.
- Jeremiah Burroughs
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
- Charles Spurgeon
We are given so few years on this earth, and there are so many good things that get in the way of the best things. We must live for eternity.
- Paul Washer
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
- Jesse Jackson
Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
A good character is the best tombstone.
- Charles Spurgeon
If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants.
- Diane von Furstenberg
Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard luck while he was alive. I wish they were used more.
- Mark Twain
The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.
- GK Chesterton
I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration.
- Julian Casablancas