Shannon Lee Quotes

My teaching is my legacy.

I'm so excited to be carrying on in Dad's footsteps and making sure that everything he worked so hard for continues for the generations to come.

Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.

If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

It's very difficult to fill the shoes of somebody like Rahul Bhai. He has set the bench mark for a generation to come. However, it's our responsibility to carry forward his legacy.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

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.

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

When you look at some of the greatest people and players in the world they all stand for something outside their working lives.

You can see things growing up, be inspired by things. Just because they're not around anymore doesn't mean that you can't take those inspirations and bring them to life and bring them to the next generation.

My life has been inspired by Mahatma Gandhi from the days of my childhood.

You have to give your fans and your children something they can use in life.

My father was my greatest inspiration. He was a lunatic.

Are the people in your life inspiring you or tiring you?

I want to motivate the world, basically.

Tradition lives because young people come along who catch its romance and add new glories to it.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids.

The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

Enthusiasm is the power that transfers the mental blueprint into the physical dimension.

Part of our purpose in life is to build a legacy – a consistent pattern of building into the lives of others.

Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.