legacy Quotes

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.