Keith Craft: Live the legacy you want to leave!
Live the legacy you want to leave!
The thought behind the quote
I’ve heard it said that “an inheritance is something you leave for someone. A legacy is something you leave in someone.” Living a legacy means thinking beyond your own lifetime. It means cultivating values, principles, and a philosophy of life that can be passed on to future generations. Your actions today are the seeds that will grow into the inheritance your children and grandchildren will – or will not - receive.
The way you handle difficult situations, the time you spend discipling and encouraging others, and even your words of affirmation—all contribute to the legacy you are building. Small, consistent actions—including wise financial decisions—have the power to shape a legacy of love, resilience, and provision. Legacy is not always about grand gestures; it is about the little moments that collectively make a big difference.
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- When you identify what matters most, you potentially can have a life that most matters generationally.
- The motivation to do 'greater works' is not self-seeking. It is born out of a heart to be a follower of Jesus and to fulfill His mission for us on earth by being His heart, hands, and feet to all mankind.
- What matters most to you is what you will 'scatter' most to others.
- It has long seemed to me that it would be more honorable to our ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more.
- When a man dies, if he can pass enthusiasm along to his children, he has left them an estate of incalculable value.