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To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy. That is what we all want.
— Stephen R. CoveyPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningWe are not here to be entertained. We are here to make a difference.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningThe good we build in this life ends up building us.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningSuccess is in succession: who we groom to lead after we are gone. We are what they grow beyond.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningStories get handed down to more people, more times, than any asset. They, not your assets, are what will be left of you when you are gone. Figure out what you want that story to be, then live it out.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningBe ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
— Horace MannPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningOur greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at something that does not really matter.
— D.L. MoodyPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningWhat are you building today that will be remembered in a hundred years?
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningMen are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?
— OdysseusPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningHell on earth would be to meet the man I could have been.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningThe only standard that matters: did you squeeze every last drop of your potential into reality?
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningIf it will not matter in a thousand years, then it never really mattered at all. All that lasts is righteousness, knowledge, relationships, and memories, because those are the only eternal things.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningThe person with the longest time horizon wins.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningOne day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningImagine you are watching your funeral from heaven. What do you hope is being said about you? Then live that life now. Who will cry when you die?
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningIn the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
— Jack KornfieldPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningThe best measure of a successful life is how many people you have won. How many people do you truly love, and who truly love you.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningThe highest status people in human history are those who asked for nothing and gave everything.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningYou can have a job, a career, or a calling. If you can figure out how to have a calling, you have hit the jackpot.
— Jeff BezosPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningYou can choose a life of ease and comfort or a life of service and adventure. Which one will you be more proud of when you are ninety?
— Jeff BezosPurpose, Legacy, and MeaningEveryone has two lives, and the second one starts when we realize we have just one.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningA salary is the drug they give you to forget your dreams.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningOur dreams are priceless. Do not sell yourself short. We do not sell our dreams for money.
Purpose, Legacy, and MeaningBe without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong.
Character, Virtue, and IntegrityCourage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
— Napoleon BonaparteCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity