Category Legacies

Here are some insightful quotes about legacies along with their authors:

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” — Shannon L. Alder
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill
“The goal is not to live forever, but to create something that will.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends. It’s the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs.” — Steve Saint
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” — Joseph Campbell
“The only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind.” — John Allston
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” — Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” — Sarah Williams
“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.” — Taylor Swift
“Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.” — Peter Strople
“Our legacy is every life we touch.” — Oprah Winfrey
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston
“The true legacy of heroes is the inspiration they ignite in others.” — Molière

Category Heritage

Here are some insightful quotes about heritage along with their authors:

“Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.” — Jim Rohn
“It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.” — Branch Rickey
“Our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our nation.” — Nelson Mandela
“You don’t stumble upon your heritage. It’s there, just waiting to be explored and shared.” — Robbie Robertson
“A people’s relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.” — John Henrik Clarke
“A people without a heritage are easily persuaded.” — Karl Marx
“A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“We honor the heritage of all who come here, no matter where they come from, because we trust in our country’s genius for making us all Americans – one nation under God.” — George W. Bush
“My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.” — Maureen O’Hara
“You have to stay true to your heritage, that’s what your brand is about.” — Alice Temperley
“It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.” — David R. Brower
“Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.” — Walt Disney
“A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.” — Unknown
“I am, always have been, and always will be proud of my Nigerian heritage.” — Jidenna
“One’s heritage and roots is something to be proud of and cherished.” — Sonja Morgan
“We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.” — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.” — Bernard Arnault
“It’s good to be proud of your heritage and your culture, but pride can be perverted.” — Sam Hunt
“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.” — Thurgood Marshall
“Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.” — Abdus Salam
“As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man’s free agency is a God-given gift.” — David O. McKay
“I definitely have a strong sense of my Jewish and Israeli identity. I did my two-year military service; I was brought up in a very Jewish, Israeli family environment, so of course my heritage is very important to me.” — Gal Gadot
“Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests – but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?” — John Amery
“We have been the benefactors of our cultural heritage and the victims of our cultural narrowness.” — William J. Clinton