Legacy Quotes - Page 6

• The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

  Myles Munroe

  Mistake, Leader, Mentor

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• Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Men, Heirs, Dignity

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• First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the world didn't go into a Great Depression.

  Barack Obama

  Perspective, Important, World

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion is a social contrivance, that, like virtually every public construct, is a legacy of a primordial and tribal mentality.

  Jamake Highwater

  People, Outsiders, Granted

  Jamake Highwater (1997). “The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality as Metaphor”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on.

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Courage, Impact, Giving

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• I can live my legacy or just have led a busy life.

  Gary W. Goldstein

  Busy, Busy Life, I Can

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• You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.

  Medgar Evers

  Death, Men, Ideas

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• A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Death, Men, Dying

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• Ownership, that's what you give your kids. That's your legacy.

  Prince

  Kids, Giving, Ownership

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I can't go back and change the hands of time but what I can do is create a new legacy.

  Eric Thomas

  Hands, I Can, Can Do

  Twitter post from Jun 9, 2013

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• My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

  Ali Shariati

  Family, Father, Responsibility

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• You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that's a problem. It's a fiscal problem for us.

  Dennis Hastert

  Commitment, Government, Cost

  "Your World with Neil Cavuto", www.foxnews.com. May 13, 2005.

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• My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

  Warren Moon

  Football, Opportunity, Use

  "Former NFL quarterback Warren Moon helping students give back to the community". Interview with Andrea Domanick, lasvegassun.com. June 23, 2012.

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• The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it.

  Michael Feinstein

  Air, Today, Music Is

  "The memory of Gershwin prompts host of albums". www.cnn.com. November 05, 1998.

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• The magnificent thing about her [Amelia Earhart] is, in the eyes of the world, she simply never died. Her fear never witnessed, her failure never recorded, her shiny twin-engine Electra never recovered. Earhart's legacy of inspiration is amplified because her adventure is perpetual. We don't think of her as dead; we think of her as missing. She is forever flying, somewhere beyond Lae, over that limitless blue horizon.

  Josh Gates

  Inspiration, Adventure, Eye

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• I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.

  Moon Unit Zappa

  Names, Want, Knows

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• I think Barack Obama is an amazing man and president. His legacy is ongoing.

  Omar Epps

  Men, Thinking, President

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.

  Jim Costa

  Struggle, Rights, World

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• The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.

  Stephen Covey

  Spiritual, Needs, Purpose

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.

  Andy Garcia

  Religious, Lgbt Community, Political

  "Cuban-American celebrities offer messages of hope following death of Fidel Castro". www.foxnews.com. November 27, 2016.

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• But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.

  Liam Fox

  Events, Pay, Bills

  "Liam Fox says Labour economic policies were national security liability" by Helene Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2010.

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• When I think of a legacy, I think of the legacy of being a mom.

  Gwen Stefani

  Mom, Thinking, Being A Mom

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Shooting, Predator, Excited

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• There is always going to be love versus hate; we struggle with that as humans within ourselves every day; as a society, we have to struggle. So when you wake up, you have to decide which side you're going to be on. Hopefully, that side is positive, so you do the work and hope that your legacy will help change things.

  Taraji P. Henson

  Hate, Struggle, Wake Up

  Source: www.hollywood.com

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• I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

  Hugh Masekela

  Culture, African Music, World

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