Legacy Quotes

594 Legacy quotes by 502 unique authors

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace… — Caroline Kennedy
I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights,… — Caroline Kennedy
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and… — John F. Kennedy
When you're your parents' one shot at a genetic legacy, you may get to attend all the best schools, wear all the best clothes and… — Jeffrey Kluger
And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away… — Wangari Maathai
You are remembered for the rules you break. — Douglas MacArthur
Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is.… — Ziggy Marley
This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King. — Wynton Marsalis
As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work. — Marty Meehan
I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination… — Nicki Minaj
Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon,… — John Ortberg
A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s. — Camille Paglia
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. — Chuck Palahniuk
You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill… — Bill Parcells
The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered… — Mike Pence
I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really… — Katy Perry
I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy. — Katy Perry
With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist. — Bonnie Raitt
Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does… — Diana Ross
This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America. — Adam Schiff
I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy. — Liev Schreiber
No legacy is so rich as honesty. — William Shakespeare
I don't want The Cure to fizzle out doing 45-minute shows of greatest hits. That would be awful for our legacy. — Robert Smith
When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy. — Arlen Specter

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502 authors contributed a total of 594 Legacy Quotes, led by these top contributors: