“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”

—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“Look at the faces of people whom you meet. Each one has an incredible story behind their face. A story that you could never fully fathom. Not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors. We all go back so far. And in the present moment, on this day, all the people you meet, all that life from generations and from so many places all over the world, flows together and meets you like a life-giving water if you only open your heart and drink….”

—Brother David Steindle-Rast

“As you give back to the world, passion and purpose are infused with new meaning—and you literally wake up to a fundamentally changed reality. Your soul’s purpose shines through your work, your work creates a better world, and you build a lasting legacy of wealth in the truest sense of the word.”

—Brendon Burchard

“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.”

—Oren Arnold

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a writer, a painter, a blogger, a lawyer or an executive. We all have within us the opportunity and the ability to create a profound body of work, a legacy.”

—Jonathan Fields

“The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.”

—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet, courtier, and soldier

“Legacy is greater than currency….Your legacy is your ultimate life. It’s all you’ve got.”

—Gary Vaynerchuk at Web 2.0 Expo NY

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.

Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

—W.H. Murray in The Scottish Himalayan Expedition (1951)