Audre Lorde Quotes

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

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

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.

What legacy can I leave behind to everybody that they will remember me?

One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.

When I look towards my future, I want to leave a legacy that runs rich.

But I think it's important that things endure.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

When you touch the life of a man of this generation, that influence is felt through generations yet to come.

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

All of us have a place in history.

I'm going to imprint myself on everything in this world.

I want to leave a mark on society.

Steve always said that he didn't care if anyone remembered him, as long as they remembered his message.

I care about my legacy.

I want to create a different kind of legacy.

Leaving a legacy behind is huge.

My father's legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years.

To know that there's a good chance that this is something that could potentially be around well after I leave this planet... it's a good feeling.

When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.

It's not what you have at the end of life, it's what you leave behind that matters.

Whether you know it or not, we leave parts of ourselves wherever we go.

I'm not really dying today. No person ever died that had a family. I'll be around a long time. A thousand years from now, a whole township of my offspring will be biting sour apples in the gumwood shade.