Lesley-Anne Down Quotes

I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question. I can't answer it without crying. I think, You're 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as that? I don't know the answer yet.

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

It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.

When you're at a certain point in your time - age, that is, when you're older - you start to realize that, actually, what you leave behind you does count, and so you start to become fundamentally aware of your own destiny, which sounds very grand. It's not grand at all, actually.

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

We're all going to die. While I'm still here, I want to make a difference.

To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.

My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

Leaving a legacy beyond just playing football has become extremely important to me.

Everyone has to die someday. I'd rather die after doing something worthwhile.

I want to leave this earth knowing that I did something. I made a difference in someone's life.

If you're playing baseball, why are you playing baseball? Is it to have success on the field and be a Hall-of-Famer or whatever it is? Sure, that's everyone's goal. But then what? For me, it's about the legacy you leave off the field.

Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music.

One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize those occasions when we have been useful in the world.

We are all just here for a time - whether in this building or even on this earth. But the values we hold dear will live on long after we have left this stage. Our responsibility, while we are here, is to breathe life into them; to imbue them with the strength of our convictions and the weight of our efforts.

His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.

When I die, the world is going to talk about me. They will never forget me and I will never have any regrets. If nothing else, the world will know I was here. I think that everyone should make their mark wherever they are. They will talk about you way after you're gone. Make your mark. Live your life.

Make every decision based on your last years of life instead of your next 10.

What lasting impact will I make on the world and those around me? What will I live my life for? How will I be remembered? I want to leave the world a better place than it was when I got here. I want to experience as much as I can in this very short life that we have.

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.