Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.
When I look towards my future, I want to leave a legacy that runs rich.
I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?'
I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Maybe we all need to leave our children with a value legacy, and not a financial one. A value for things with a personal touch - an autographed book, a soul-searching letter.
People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay.
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.
What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, 'I wish I'd made more money.' What they say is, 'I wish I'd spent more time with my family and done more for society or my community.'
Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.