B. C. Forbes Quotes

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

That's why I named my album 'Finding Forever,' because that's what I was thinking about: What did I want to contribute to this world that would live beyond my physical existence?

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

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If you want to be immortal, do something useful in your lifetime.

I'm glad I was part of history, here long after I'm gone.

Every moment is, in some ways, eternal. Once you put something into the world, it stays there.

Write only of what is important and eternal.

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

In great deeds something abides.

My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

If what you create does not outlive you, then you have failed.

Everyone wants to be immortal. Few are. Margaret Thatcher is. Why? Because her values are timeless, eternal. Tap anyone on the shoulder anywhere in the world, and ask what Mrs Thatcher believed in, and they will tell you. They can give a clear answer to what she 'stood for.'

Men die but an idea does not.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.

Remember that a noble logical diagram, once recorded, will never die; long after we are gone, it will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

Death can never kill an idea. Ideas are more powerful than death. Ideas outlive men and can never be destroyed.

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

The game was here long before I was, and will be here long after I'm gone.

Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.

If your subjects are eternal... they'll survive.