Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to… — Moliere Copy Share Image
A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We must not forget that these men and women who file through the narrow gates at Ellis Island, hopeful, confused, with bundles… — Walter Weyl Copy Share Image
The ancestor of every action is thought; when we understand that we begin to comprehend that our world is governed by thought… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor! — George Takei Copy Share Image
We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Old Marley was dead as a doornail... The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually… — Martha Brooks Copy Share Image
When we look at things as simple as food, it's not about just nourishment and sustaining our life, it is really the… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
“DNA is the messenger which illuminates that connection,handed down from generation to generation,carried,literally,in the bodies of my ancestors.” — Bryan Sykes Copy Share Image
Life in the twentieth century undeniably has ... such richness, joy and adventure as were unknown to our ancestors except in their dreams. — Arthur Compton Copy Share Image
Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have not tolerated an atheist in the ranks of the SS. Every member has a deep faith in God, in what… — Heinrich Himmler Copy Share Image
We humans are in such a strange position—we are still animals whose behavior reflects that of our ancestors, yet we are unique—unlike… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm just confused as to where we lost that in America because it is everyone's God-given right to think the way they… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
There are more temples across the earth than there have ever been. More people in all the world have felt the Spirit… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
So what is the Dreaming? I would say the Dreaming is a non-indigenous term used in its broadest sense to describe the… — Hetti Perkins Copy Share Image
We are the ancestors of the future and what we do now will have an impact. — Luisah Teish Copy Share Image
We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
