Legacy and Purpose Quotes 2025

 

• “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” — Pericles

• “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.” — Denzel Washington

• “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” — Albert Einstein

• “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi

• “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill

• “No one has ever become poor by giving.” — Anne Frank

• “Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.” — Peter Strople

• “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

• “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso