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Footprints Quotes

What we leave behind, on purpose or not.

A footballer choosing to make his own mark rather than fill someone else's boots, a traveler owning up to a carbon footprint — these quotes use footprints as proof that presence leaves a trace. One even ties it to because quotes-style reasoning about why direction matters more than distance.

My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

I wouldn't say Pulisic is there to fill Hazard's boots. It's not fair to put that load on him. He's there to bring another way of playing for Chelsea and he will create his own footprints basically and build his...

Quotes by Shaun Wright-Phillips

We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our...

Quotes by Ross MacDonald

I do have carbon footprints because of travel, but apart from that, I am simple guy.

Quotes by Jim Sarbh

Air Quotes

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

Quotes by James Branch Cabell

The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can...

Quotes by Fidel Castro

I keep trying to explain to people that the archetype of intelligence is not Dustin Hoffman in 'The Rain Man;' it is a human being, period. It is squishy things that explode in a vacuum, leaving footprints on their moon.

Quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. But later drubbings of snow merely complicate running. Snow turns to ice, to slush, to...

Quotes by Don Kardong

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

Quotes by Christy Turlington

Another Way Quotes

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Quotes by Boyle Roche

I did a show in this tiny town called Longyearbyen. We went snowmobiling around Svalbard and saw Arctic foxes, snow bunting, polar bear footprints and almost got lost in a blizzard.

Quotes by Bill Bailey

When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.

Quotes by Big Boi

The period from 2002 to 2007 was probably our best period. We created a strategy to build global scale, footprints in each of the geographies and dramatically built our international business.

Quotes by Baba Kalyani

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the 'Footprints' quotes page explore?
These quotes move between literal footprints - carbon footprints, a footballer's on-field legacy - and the metaphorical idea of the mark a person leaves behind after they're gone.
Is there a quote about a footballer stepping into a big role?
Yes - one line discusses a young player taking over from a departed star, framed not as trying to replace him but as creating his own footprints in a new way of playing for the club.
Does this collection mention carbon footprints?
Yes - one quote is a candid admission from someone acknowledging their own travel-related carbon footprint while describing themselves as otherwise living simply.
Is there a quote about the legacy people leave behind?
Yes - one of the most well-known lines here argues that it isn't enough to simply leave your mark over time; what truly matters is making sure that mark points somewhere worth following. It pairs well with readers browsing Because quotes.
Does any quote compare writers to something else through footprints?
One quote compares writers to burglars who secretly want to be caught, describing how they leave personal clues - fingerprints, voiceprints, footprints - scattered through their work as they get deeper into their craft.

Writers describing footprints that outlast the moment echo the same idea found in our bear quotes and air quotes pages.