"I'd like to be remembered for being..." - Quote by Leo Buscaglia

“I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.”

“The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.”

“Every day we are offered new means for learning and growing in love.”

“In the eulogy by the graveside, I told everyone how my sister and I used to sing to each other on our birthday. I told them that, when I thought of my sister, I could still hear her laughter, sense her optimism, and feel her faith. I told them that my sister was the kindest person I;ve ever known, and that the world was a sadder place without her in it. And finally, I told them to remember my sister with a smile, like I did, for even though she was being buried near my parents, the best parts of her would always stay alive, deep within our hearts.”

“Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.”

“Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions.”

“We build our character from the bricks of habit we pile up day by day.”

“Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.”

“A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.”