If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family – and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.
Do whatever you have to do to make sure you chase your legacy every second of your life.
Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Democracy is “government of, by and for the people”.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
One must care about a world one will not see.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
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.
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.
Write what should not be forgotten.
If you want to make history, you have to do historic things.
I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.