Achievements Quote by Shannon Alder

“I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is…

— Steve Maraboli

“Legacy requires sacrifice. I want to have a legacy, I want to be remembered as the hero.”

— P.L. Martin

“Each tombstone was like the cover of a book that had been sealed forever.”

— Marina Nemat

“I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just…

— Andy Warhol

“Remember live each day, as though it were your last, the mark you leave, your legacy, can't change once you have passed.”

— L.M. Fields

“I buried the past in a shallow, unmarked grave but it does not rest in peace. It demands to be named and honored.”

— D.C. Hubbard

“The heart, a mausoleum to shelter dead emotions from the ravages of time.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“I'm just afraid of having a tombstone that says HERE LIES A PROMISING OLD MAN.”

— David Foster Wallace

“We care about the dead. We try with our lives to honor theirs. That’s how we make our lives meaningful, and how we make…

— John Green

“... there is no greater way I can think of to honor those people who've died than to tell their story ...”

— Jaime Sobrato

“It was supposed to say “Great Artist” on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say “such a good teacher/​daughter/​friend” instead;…

— Claire Messud

“The legends on the tombstones are eventually worn away as the stone is eroded by rain and wind and centuries. Better to slip away…

— Barbara Quick