Chris Frantz Quotes

SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.

I don't want to be the next hottest thing, I want longevity.

If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes.

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.

I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download.

When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

To be somebody you must last.

But I think it's important that things endure.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

I don't think there's ever been anyone like me that's lasted. And I'm going to keep on lasting.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.

I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.

I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens.

I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.

One test of leaders is how they make sure that their ideas and programs will live on after they’re gone.

Politics is the only profession where there's life after death.

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.

Just because something is working today doesn't mean it will work forever.