Community Quote by Roger Macdonald Andrew

“Each person leaves a legacy -- a single, small piece of herself, which makes richer each individual life and the collective life of humanity…

— John Nichols

“This was what was left of a human individual when you took away his home,his family, his friends, his city, his country,his world: a…

— Salman Rushdie

“A lost person or article is still what it is, still valuable in itself, but in the wrong place, disconnected from its purpose and…

— David Winter

“The best legacy a man can leave his children is the memory and influence of a large, broad, finely developed mentality, a well-disciplined, highly…

— Orison Swett Marden

“It feels strange to be ignored in general, but when someone who was once an integral part of your life fades away, what are…

— José N. Harris

A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to grow in…

— Jean Vanier

“How freeing of a thought: instead of worrying about leaving a legacy, to leave no trace of one's existence. How liberating indeed!”

— Kamand Kojouri

“Those who have played a big part in one’s life very rarely disappear from it suddenly for good. They return to it at odd…

— Marcel Proust

“knowing how they want to be remembered helps them decide how to live today, and leaving a legacy will give them a purpose that…

— Jon Gordon

“The case is very plain before me. In leaving England, I should leave a loved but empty land — Mr. Rochester is not there;…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Remember that we must all die: all these personal relations we try to live by are temporary. I used to feel death selected people,…

— E.M. Forster

“The featureless trundle of my existence began to change. At the time, I didn't have the insight to wonder at the transient nature of…

— Meg Rosoff