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Legacy10 quotes
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game. — Grantland Rice · 1941Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land. — Christina Rossetti · 1862A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams · 1907For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. — Pericles · 430 BCLives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838All 10 quotes →Actions have consequences1 quote
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Death1 quote
For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game. — Grantland Rice · 1941Dying young1 quote
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away. — Neil Young · 1978Fair play1 quote
For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game. — Grantland Rice · 1941Fame1 quote
The best choose one thing instead of everything, everlasting fame among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle. — HeraclitusGluttony1 quote
The best choose one thing instead of everything, everlasting fame among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle. — HeraclitusHuman destructiveness1 quote
We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. — Chuck Palahniuk · 1999Influence on others1 quote
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams · 1907Inspiration1 quote
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Leaving a mark1 quote
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away. — Neil Young · 1978Memory1 quote
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land. — Christina Rossetti · 1862Motivation1 quote
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Repercussions1 quote
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Success1 quote
I don't talk about success, I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead. — Imogen Cunningham · 1975Teachers and students1 quote
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams · 1907The masses1 quote
The best choose one thing instead of everything, everlasting fame among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle. — Heraclitus