My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
“All of our ancestors live within each one of us whether we are aware of it or not.” — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
Our forefathers marched so that we could now have an opportunity to live. — Denise Clark Copy Share Image
“I am everyone who played a role in creating me...my ancestors.” — Jeffrey G. Duarte Copy Share Image
Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We don't have previous lives; we have ancestors. We don't have afterlives; we have descendants. — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans,… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Our ancestors ... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As a nation, a society, a family and an individual, we must be grateful to our great ancestors who dedicated their lives… — Master Jin Kwon Copy Share Image
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“Our stories make us who we are. And each story has its own purpose and its own reward. Each story rings true… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
“Listen, my child, to the voices of your ancestors. Take pride in our accomplishments; find your strength in our suffering. For WE… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“All of our ancestors give us the precious gift of life. Do we use it wisely? Do we use it well? Do… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
When I looked at the family tree and at where my ancestors lived, it was places like Rothbury and Tropton! I was… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
Given the scale of the ecological crisis we are facing this is the appropriate scale of expansion. Occupying the streets to bring… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
Our ancestors are looking for us even if we're not looking for them. And by our ancestors I mean our bloodlines and… — Robert Moss 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
You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
We get stressed out now by having somebody yell at us in the office or by making a mistake or by losing… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
“Our own age is not one which can afford to call its ancestors savage.” — Poul Anderson Copy Share Image
You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
We are the ancestors of the future and what we do now will have an impact. — Luisah Teish Copy Share Image
“Living men forget the lessons of the past. But the ancestors never forget.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
the voices of our ancestors telling of our glorious past, our culture, and what it means to be an Indian. — Allen Sapp Copy Share Image
My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way — Ali Shariati Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors move along with us, in underground rivers and springs too deep for chaos to reach.” — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors carefully. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to believe that my ancestors were better people than they probably were. - Princess Emma — E.D. Baker Copy Share Image
Never forget where you came from and what your ancestors had to go through just for you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our ancestors went to the woods to find fuel; they set snares there for birds and gathered nuts and fungi. — John Burnside Copy Share Image
