Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
PresentActionLegacyInnovation We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.
FutureHopeJusticeLegacy I had real plans for my next decade and felt I'd worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my children married? To watch the World Trade Center rise again? To read - if not indeed write - the obituaries of elderly villains like Henry Kissinger and Joseph Ratzinger?
LegacyHumilityRecognition Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.
Positive ImpactLegacyGrowthKindness I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
CharacterLegacyRemembrance A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
LegacyCharacterFaithFamily The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
BoldnessLiving AuthenticallyLegacy I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to be on this planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make the most of it.
RebellionCreativityInnovationLegacyCourage Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.
LeadershipLegacyEconomic PolicyPerseverance I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.
