Simon Van Booy Quotes

No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.

What are the stories you want people to tell about you?

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

We only have so much life left. Before I do die, I want to do something good for people.

I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

I want to be remembered for having a great love for my fellow man. Because, you know, I do.

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

I would like to be remembered as somebody who cared a great deal about people.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

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.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.

I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

If they want to write about me in a good way, they should write how I do things that are useful.

My great hope for my speck of time on this planet would be that I live and die, and that what I leave behind has made some kind of impression and has been for the better in terms of my family and friends and, in my case, public service.

I don't want to be forgotten or not have helped as many people as I can before I pass.

I'd rather be remembered for being kind than for my achievements.

The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower.

I want to be happy. i want to make people happy. i do not need to be rich to do that.