Build a Lasting Legacy Quotes

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”

“To leave the world better than you found it, that is the ultimate success.”

“Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.”

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.”

“You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”

“True greatness consists in being great in little things.”

“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.”

“The average human heart beats 100,000 times per day. Make those beats count.”

“A eulogy has nothing to do with your resume. Eulogies are about what matters: how we make people feel.”

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

“A life lived with integrity, even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune, is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”

“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.”

“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

“View your life from your funeral: Looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn't? What were the happy moments? What were the sad? What would you do again, and what wouldn't you do?”

“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”

“The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.”

“Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.”

“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met.”

“Do something worth remembering.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

“If you are an entrepreneur and just starting out, you have a golden opportunity to think deeply about the influence you want to have on the world.”

“Don't worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.”

“You can start a thousand businesses, launch 100 projects, and take dozens of companies public, but you only have one shot at being part of your kid's childhood. Your kid doesn't care about your platform, they care about your presence.”

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.”

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”

“Legacy is greater than currency.”

“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”

“Work hard, have fun, make history”

“Be a builder - build something that outlasts you”

“Success is about creating something timeless”

“The goal is not just to succeed, but to create something that lasts for generations”

“Success is not about money; it's about making a difference and creating something lasting”

“How can I leave my mark on the world, I thought, unless I get out there first and make sure it's still around?”

“Success is making a dent in the universe, one step at a time”

“Each warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches.”

“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.”

“Businesses that serve society last.”

“If your business depends on you, you don't own a business—you have a job.”

“Legacy is not leaving something for people. It's leaving something in people.”

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”

“Your legacy is every life you've touched.”

“You were born with the ability to change someone's life - don't ever waste it.”