Pastoral Resources

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.

Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.

If conquest does not bind posterity, so neither can compact bind it.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes.

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.