Accustomed Quote by Edward Gibbon

I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.

— Bryan Adams

The glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed to die;…

— Polybius

The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our…

— Trent Lott

If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter…

— Jonathan Sacks

“Only those could maintain certainty who were themselves of great permanence – like the stars, the mountains and the sea. And they in turn…

— Sten Nadolny

How shall we remember Mahatma Gandhi, that eternal pilgrim of freedom? Born of the very spirit of India, steeped in the tradition, the song,…

— Rajiv Gandhi

From early on I valued the gift of memory above all others. I understood that as we grow older we carry a whole nation…

— Jane Hamilton

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who persevered, who in many ways overcame, who recognized the importance of giving back, particularly to our…

— Len Elmore

“Without acquainting me with the language or the literature or the oral family histories which my ancestors had loved, they volunteered to make me…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and…

— Carl Lewis

“Each Inspirational Messenger who was and has been acknowledged in the history books was done so because of the way they chose to live.…

— Emily Gowor

“. . . you would have had a protected, satisfied, laborious, and obedient people, taught to seek and to recognize the happiness that is…

— Edmund Burke