footprints on the sands of time
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I Was Here – BeyoncéIt starts, "I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time", which is such an amazing line.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
They have left their "footprints on the sands of time" mainly because they were self-reliant and self-helpful.
From Increasing Personal Efficiency by Conwell, Russell H.
Some of these persons were more famous than others, yet all have left enduring "footprints on the sands of time" and their names will not cease to be remembered.
From Fifty Famous People by Baldwin, James
Thus, in the best-known of his earlier poems, "A Psalm of Life," he uses the famous metaphor of "footprints on the sands of time."
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph
Suddenly she spied footprints on the sands of time.
From New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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