A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. —Charles Hadden Spurgeon
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”

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Ceasar from NY OCTOBER 14, 2016
True. Help all you can and you will be remember by some of them
Papa Lawrence from Colorado Rocky Mountains OCTOBER 14, 2016
Remembering our walk, not our talk. So true.
Anonymous OCTOBER 14, 2016
This is what we need to live by in order to be remembered. Not a piece of stone with our name on it.
Sylvia from Donna, TX OCTOBER 14, 2016
So true!
Neal from San Diego, CA OCTOBER 14, 2016
This sums up my life philosophy perfectly. I hope more and more people embrace it as we mature as a civilization.
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