Remembered Quotes

• I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational, Family, Live Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Live today the way you want to be remembered tomorrow.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Generosity, Giving, Making A Difference

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• You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create.

  Mike Murdock

  Two, Problem, Solve

  Mike Murdock (2012). “1 Minute Businesswoman's Devotional”, p.195, Wisdom International Inc

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• If I'm remembered for having done a few good things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

  Sidney Poitier

  Energy, Done, Good Things

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• I want to be remembered as someone who tried their best and hopefully succeeded.

  Cynthia Addai-Robinson

  Want, Hopefully

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• The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

  Ken Venturi

  Life Is, Greatest Gifts

  "Ken Venturi, Famed CBS Sports Golf Analyst, Dies at 82" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 17, 2013.

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• I want to make my own path and leave behind a good legacy for myself and honestly, I just want to be innovative and always down for other people. That's what I want to be remembered by. I want to inspire.

  ASAP Rocky

  People, Inspire, Legacy

  "Interview: A$AP Rocky On His Debut Album 'Long.live.A$AP' And Upcoming NZ Show". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. June 12, 2013.

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• I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.

  Tyler Perry

  People, Laughing, Guy

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I want to be remembered as a passionate professional and compassionate human being.

  Haley Strode

  Passionate, Want, Humans

  Source: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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  You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

  Taylor Swift

  Twitter post from Oct 30, 2014

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• I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

  Rosa Parks

  Freedom, People, Would Be

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• I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth a little more beautiful.

  William O. Douglas

  Beautiful, Earth, Littles

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• Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.

  Bradley Whitford

  Mistake, Hero, Despair

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• I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!

  Hannah Kent

  Life, Want

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• You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.

  Idries Shah

  Remember You, Remembers You, People

  Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.145, Octagon Press Ltd

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• We do not remember days, we remember moments.

  Cesare Pavese

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.172, Transaction Publishers

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• In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.

  R. K. Milholland

  Ends, Happened, Ifs

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• You are remembered for the rules you break.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Military, Bad Ass, Legacy

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• It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.

  Susan Sontag

  Memories, Past, Touching

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• I don't want to be remembered as anything but brave. The only good intention to make money is to help others. I want to be Oprah. I want to be Melinda Gates. If I ever sell products other than my talents, then it will be to give more to others.

  Lady Gaga

  Helping Others, Giving, Brave

  "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.

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• Some day I will be better remembered.

  Grover Cleveland

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• I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

  Richard Attenborough

  Want, Storyteller

  "Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90" by Cineplex.com, August 25, 2014.

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• I want to be remembered as one who tried.

  Dorothy Height

  Want

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• Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

  Democritus

  Kind Deeds, Sin, Good Deeds

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• Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Power, Land, Self Improvement

  Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument, www.dartmouth.edu. June 17, 1825.

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