My family is no different from yours. We may be different from the geography that we come from. Some of you all may pray differently than I do, some of you all may be from a different ethnicity, but we all have the same story.
Cory BookerRead
I'm hopeful that at the end of my life, someone like Frederick Douglass would look at my life and say, 'Well done: you've proven yourself to be worthy of the legacy we left you.'
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the desire to live a life that honors and upholds the legacy of past leaders and thinkers.
Cory Booker's quote reflects the aspiration to lead a life of purpose and integrity, aiming to make contributions that would impress the great leaders who came before us, like Frederick Douglass. It underscores the importance of recognizing and valuing the legacies left by previous generations and striving to be worthy of those legacies through our actions and contributions.
Themes
LegacyInspirationIntegrityLife PurposeMotivation
In practice
Example use cases
In a graduation speech to inspire students to think about their impact on the world.
More from Cory Booker
All quotes βWhen I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family.
Cory BookerRead
I think Newark has been in the crosshairs in every generation of the fight to achieve America. And I think Newark is a city that's at that crossroads still.
Cory BookerRead
I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master.
Cory BookerRead
Let your critics make you humble, and your enemies make you wise. Learn from every stumble but let nothing keep you down, for you were born to rise!
Cory BookerRead
The drug war has been a war where the direct casualties have primarily been America's poor; America's minorities; and often, unfortunately, America's vulnerable, in terms of people with disease and addiction and mental health.
Cory BookerRead
Similar quotes
They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.
Billy SundayRead
When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
Oswald ChambersRead
When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.
Robert H. SchullerRead
Some people take certain things and they try to forget what that pain felt like. I don't. I take that same pain and I chase it every time I walk in a weight room.
Ray LewisRead
When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.
Ray LewisRead
Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.
E. L. KonigsburgRead