That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it…

One of my favourite quotations is: 'That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.'

— Margaret Thatcher

“Our fathers had bequeathed us nothing but memories. A fire had stripped me of all tangible tokens, save my little hat; Alistair Warthrop had…

— Rick Yancey

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

— Bible

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?

— Friedrich Schiller

Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature's face, Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot Fail not…

— William C. Bryant

Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art…

— John Henry Newman

If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.

— John Lancaster Spalding

If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

— William Penn

“Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow as seek to quench the fire of love with words.”

— Shakespeare

Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.

— George Herbert

Be patient, if thou wouldst thy ends accomplish; for like patience is there no appliance effective of success, producing certainly abundant fruit of actions,…

— J. K. Bharavi

“Thou wouldst never have chosen Him, if that loving and gracious God had not chosen thee.”

— Various

Do not that to another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself.

— Thomas Hobbes