David Mitchell Quotes

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

I have kids, I want something left for them. It's a cliche, I know, but it's true. That's what drives me every day.

When I think about my legacy, I think about the world that we leave behind for our children.

I was raised to believe that you need to leave the world a better place than how you found it, as corny as that sounds.

I think about the world that we leave behind for our children.

The visions we offer our children shape the future.

What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices.

What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.

I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.

I'm dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes.

When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.

It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.

Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations.

We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights which they have delivered to our care. We owe it to our posterity not to suffer their dearest inheritance to be destroyed.

Canada is our inheritance from our parents and our legacy to our children.

Just think of what we'll pass on to the poor fellow who comes after me.

The mantle of the pioneers has fallen on our shoulders.

All I think about is my son, my family, and my future family.

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you

We are the heirs of the ages; but the estate is entailed, as large estates frequently are, so that while we inherit the earth, the great round world which is God's footstool, we have only the use of it while we live and must pass it on to those come after us. We hold the property in trust and have no right to injure it or to lessen its value. To do so is dishonest, stealing from our heirs their inheritance.

Today, we are shapers of the world of tomorrow. That is plain truth. There is no way we can duck the responsibility, and there is no reason why we should.