James Altucher Quotes

We all leave one another. We die, we change - it's mostly change - we outgrow our best friends; but even if I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be a different person because of knowing me; it's inescapable.

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

I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you.

At the end of the day, people don't always remember what it is you said to them, but they remember how you made them feel.

I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.

Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.

Were a star quenched on high,For ages would its light,Still travelling downward from the sky,Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,For years beyond our ken,The light he leaves behind him liesUpon the paths of men.

Nothing is stronger than the position of the dead among the living.

There is the hidden presence of others in us, even those we have known briefly. We contain them for the rest of our lives, at every border that we cross.

I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.

I guess it's nice to know I still resonate in people's minds.

We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go, on whatever we touch.

The dead govern the living.

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

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

… the whole earth is the sepulcher of famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over their native earth, but lives on far away, without visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives.

… we have one life on this planet. We have one chance to live it and to contribute to the future of society and the future of life. The only "afterlife" is what other people remember of you.

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

Your legacy makes a difference.

You don't get to choose what your legacy is.

The wonderful John Avildsen was a hero and father figure who was really present in my life even though we didn't have day-to-day or year-to-year.

What you do does matter. And people do remember it and feel it.

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

We build our legacy piece by piece, and maybe the whole world will remember you or maybe just a couple of people, but you do what you can to make sure you're still around after you're gone.

The impact we have on people's lives, to me, is more important than any title anyone can carry.