legacy life lessons

A beacon of light shining in a dark tunnel leads even the blind to safety

— Wogu Donald

After you are gone, people may forget most of what you have said and done. But they will remember that you loved them.

— Steve Goodier

Even though your time on the job is temporary, if you do a good enough job, your work there will last forever.

— Idowu Koyenikan

Funny how we do not realize the true value and legacy of a living icon until they suddenly pass away. Truth is, there are many living legends among us, we just do not stop and take time to notice their worth until it's too late.

— Germany Kent

If you are in a position where you can reach people, then use your platform to stand up for a cause. HINT: social media is a platform.

— Germany Kent

I have come to learn, that when people of money and power organize to set upon to break a person they seek to silence, and the person seems but a shadow of what they were, under the endless barrage, in the end when laid to rest, the dignity, compassion and presence of the person somehow endures, and their words awaken to speak clearer than before. As if torches ignite, when their flame is gone, and the light of their truth, Is brilliantly lit and once more born.

— Tom Althouse

Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go.

— Carew Papritz

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

— Germany Kent

Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.

— Carlos Wallace