Dag Hammarskjold Quotes

It's always great to add to your legacy.

... men of whom the people have had time to form a judgment, and with respect to whom they will not be liable to be deceived by those brilliant appearances of genius and patriotism, which like transient meteors sometimes mislead as well as dazzle.

The men who have led the House, whose names have become a splendid tradition to their successors, have gained prominence not through luck or by mere accident. They have had ability, at least in some degree; but more than that, they have had character.

At the end of the day, my career is not going to be judged by one or two or three moments in time. It'll be judged by the longevity of it.

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

My work... is my legacy.

What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Genius develops in quiet places; character out of the full current of human life.

My best experience was my business training.

I have the ablest staff that ever served any President in my memory. There's not a playboy among them. They aren't sitting around drinking whiskey at 11 o'clock at night. They aren't walking around with their zippers unbuttoned.

You're going to find that, intellectually, the [governors] as a whole are a cut or two above what they were 10 or 20 years ago.

To enjoy a prince's favor does not rule out the possibility of merit, but neither does it argue for its existence.

The issue is not the length of your resume but the strength of your vision.

I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

Slowly but surely, as time goes on, people forget about you. People stop talking about you. You stop seeing your name in the papers. I like to believe that I don't think that will bother me. As long as I know I've achieved my goals and people believe I'm the best at what I do, then I'll be happy.

I want to add to my legacy because, in the end, that's going to be the most valuable for my career.

I want to leave a great legacy behind me and continue to win major championships.

You know, obviously I've been around for a while, so I've got a little sweat and blood equity built up.

When you're you long enough, you get to this space where people start respecting you.

What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?

Popularity ends on yearbook day-Respect stays forever.