Horace Mann Quotes

We didn’t make it perfect, but we did change the world.

Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

Everyone has to die someday. I'd rather die after doing something worthwhile.

I want to be the most influential champion, in a positive light. I want to change the world.

Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted.

I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'

Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution.

I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.

'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.

It's always great to add to your legacy.

One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful.

I hope I will have achieved something lasting.

I just want to complete my legacy.

If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

You want to leave something; you really do. I mean, in the end, statues and all those things, that doesn't mean anything. Leave something that we're all going to benefit from. I think that's what I'd like to do.

While I was always successful... I never thought I'd be one in the world.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

I've got nothing against selling out, but just let me do it for something that matters. Not so I can be Number One With a Bullet, as it were, but so I can leave this world feeling like I made a difference.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.

Ultimately you want to do something in life that people will remember. And with Buffy, I did that. I don't feel like I need to achieve something. I just do it because it's fun. And that takes the pressure off.