Sigrid Undset Quotes

Mum was an absolutely determined woman. She was determined I would have a good education, and they went without all sorts of things to ensure it.

The value of a good education has never left me.

I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy.

I'm so excited to be carrying on in Dad's footsteps and making sure that everything he worked so hard for continues for the generations to come.

No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids.

I want to make sure that all kids get a good education and enjoy what they learn.

I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.

If I could, I would like my son to study in Jamshedpur, where I did my schooling.

I'm very much into legacies.

Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was a lad. From then on, he lived in fear that death was just around the corner, and he set about programming me to work hard and bring in some cash.

My mom sacrificed everything for my brother and me. She taught me so many things - about life, love, faith, ambition, and family - and she instilled in me the desire to have my own kids one day.

You see your children growing. You look at your grandchildren, and you say to yourself, 'What if I weren't here? Have I done all I can to prepare them for their role in life?' You realize that you never quite do everything, but you want to do better than what you have done.

I just want to do some movies that my children and my grandchildren would be proud of. That's my yardstick.

I want my kids, my grandkids to have a great life.

As a little girl growing up in the Deep South, my mother told me that my future lay in my education. And she was right.

Nobody can know what their legacy is going to be, you know?

Oh, you know, your legacy's all you're gonna be remembered by.

In Bronxville, New York, we went to public school there, before London. Mother had a great belief in public school. She said it was very good for us to meet all the neighborhood kids.

I want to leave a nice legacy.

Death is not only a passing on but a time for everyone else to truthfully reflect on one's life.

My mom had always been big on education. She was the first woman in our family to go to college, and she often reminded me that I needed to go to college if I wanted to really make it in life.

Coming from a middle-class background of Northern Karnataka, where good education was the only insurance policy, I started reading and writing very early.

I want to create a different kind of legacy.

As a child, my mother would read to me late into the night. I didn't enjoy it at the time but she always used to say that the inheritance she was going to leave us was a good education.

We preserve the legacy of my father through an education approach. We award scholarships. We do classes at schools about my father's philosophy and life.