#legacy

A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves, something that withstands the test of time and is passed down for generations. ↗

— C.K. Webb

#fame-and-fortune #legacy #stories-imortality #writing #dreams

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#legacy #life #morality #life

Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day. ↗

— Bill Graham

#life #time #life

I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun. And though I roam all over the world, The spending of it’s never done. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#legacy #nature #nature

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#besides #build #business #create #doing

The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#death #deeds #evil #good #legacy

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.... ↗

— Barack Obama

#legacy #manhood #dreams

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#because #disappointment #every #every time #focusing

I'm American. I'm eclectic. I'm going to follow my musical passions. And if people don't like it, and it hurts my legacy, I'm not going to worry about that. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#american #eclectic #follow #going #hurts

We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#been #derived #done #force #got