Deeds Quote by Agesilaus II

The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.

— Pliny the Younger

“If I have done anything noble, that is a sufficient memorial; if I have not, all the statues in the world will not preserve…

— Anonymous

There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,…

— Nicholas Sparks

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of…

— William Hazlitt

But monument themselves memorials need.

— George Crabbe

Mama, don't forget to put a little monument on my tomb when I'm dead.

— Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia

“...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.”

— R.J. Palacio

I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.

— Claes Oldenburg

Since every building and designed object is made of memory, every place can become a memorial for re-membering our lives and the world around…

— Anthony Lawlor

A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were…

— Sandra Bernhard

It occurred to me that memorials shouldn't be grand. If you really want to honor the memory of a tragedy, you shouldn't create areas…

— Clemantine Wamariya