If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth, those who care for and protect our people.
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.
What really matters are the lives you touch along the way and how you finish your journey.
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.
The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.
To live; to love; to learn; and to leave a legacy.
The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.
If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor.
You must believe in yourself enough to be the person now that others will remember you for later.
May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Young man, make your name worth something.