W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

Tom Bosley may have passed, but through that part and that character, a part of him will live on forever.

My father was an extraordinary man.

I'd like to end up sort of unforgettable.

The worse thing in the world is for an individual to live, breath and exist and leave this earth, die, and not make impact.

I think when you think of death as being part of the life cycle and recognize that death is an inevitability for our species because the world has to be renewed with each death, then the hope becomes when it is renewed it will be renewed by people on whom I have had some influence for good.

You are what you leave behind.

Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

You don't get to choose what your legacy is.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.

My father's legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things. I guess for the good or for the bad, it don't matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it's all said and done.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Not everybody has that mentality and that's fine, but once Robert Redford leaves this earth - later rather than sooner - his legacy will go on.

Your words can permanently influence a life.

You will be remembered in life only for your passions!

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts.

We must leave our mark on life while we have it in our power.

A person's shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.

You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And I guess for the good or for the bad, it don't matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it's all said and done.