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Ralph Sockman
What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 lived. This is to have succeeded.
 
James Cabell
While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 lived. This is to have succeeded.
 
Gaylor Nelson
The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
 
Bertolt Brecht
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.
 
Harry Truman
I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - when he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him.
 
Evan Esar
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
 
Theodore Roosevelt
Never throughout history has one who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
 
Amelia Earhart
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
 
Saint Teresa
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life...If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
 
Cato
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
 
Anon
This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will.  You can waste it or use it for good.  What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever;in its place is something that you have left behind...   let it be something good.