--- title: "10 Hallowed ground Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Hallowed ground quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Hallowed ground sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/chief-seattle-9022_ancestor_to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sac_397667.jpg" --- > [To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sacred-and-their-resting-place/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/chief-seattle-9022_ancestor_to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sac_397667.jpg) > [He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hallowed-ground/) [James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/james-bryant-conant-20515_hallowed_he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hall_694012.png) > [Growing up, I always considered the Grand Ole Opry to be hallowed ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lane/growing-up-i-always-considered-the-grand-ole-opry-to-be-hallowed/) [Chris Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/chris-lane-14172_always_growing-up-i-always-considered-the-grand_3009625.jpg) > [The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-older-i-get-the-more-convinced-i-am-that-the-space-between-people/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/fred-rogers-1272_convinced_the-older-i-get-the-more-convinced-i-am_2106192.png) > [“I’m not some kind of…hallowed ground, you know,” I whispered. “Not something special, or sacred, or—” “You are to me. Oh, God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-fox/i-m-not-some-kind-of-hallowed-ground-you-know-i-whispered-not/) [Harper Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/harper-fox-30522_hallowed_i-m-not-some-kind-of-hallowed-ground-you_2532537.jpg) > [I consider part of lower Manhattan to be hallowed ground. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the World Trade Center towers...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shuster/i-consider-part-of-lower-manhattan-to-be-hallowed-ground-nearly-3-000/) [David Shuster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shuster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/david-shuster-25139_absolutely_i-consider-part-of-lower-manhattan-to-be_153836.jpg) > [It was also great shooting in London at Pinewood Studios because of all its history. So many of the 007 movies were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomie-harris/it-was-also-great-shooting-in-london-at-pinewood-studios-because-of/) [Naomie Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomie-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/naomie-harris-7128_007_it-was-also-great-shooting-in-london-at_973555.jpg) > [I want a military funeral when I die—the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground… It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-want-a-military-funeral-when-i-die-the-bugler-the-flag-on-the/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/kurt-vonnegut-41_achieve_i-want-a-military-funeral-when-i-die-the_530908.jpg) > [Slowly, after dozens of rejection slips and failures and false starts and postponed dreams - what Langston Hughes called dreams deferred -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/slowly-after-dozens-of-rejection-slips-and-failures-and-false-starts/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/anne-lamott-188_dozen_slowly-after-dozens-of-rejection-slips-a_2395051.png) > [It's an honor for me to close out Mysteryland. In American music history this is hallowed ground. I think electronic music has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaskade/it-s-an-honor-for-me-to-close-out-mysteryland-in-american-music/) [Kaskade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaskade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/kaskade-7524_accepted_it-s-an-honor-for-me-to-close-out-myster_3179276.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hallowed-ground/#itemlist", "name": "Hallowed ground Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chief Seattle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sacred-and-their-resting-place/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/chief-seattle-9022_ancestor_to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sac_397667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/chief-seattle-9022_ancestor_to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sac_397667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/chief-seattle-9022_ancestor_to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sac_397667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.” — Chief Seattle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Bryant Conant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hallowed-ground/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/james-bryant-conant-20515_hallowed_he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hall_694012.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/james-bryant-conant-20515_hallowed_he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hall_694012.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/james-bryant-conant-20515_hallowed_he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hall_694012.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.” — James Bryant Conant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up, I always considered the Grand Ole Opry to be hallowed ground.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Lane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lane/growing-up-i-always-considered-the-grand-ole-opry-to-be-hallowed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/chris-lane-14172_always_growing-up-i-always-considered-the-grand_3009625.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/chris-lane-14172_always_growing-up-i-always-considered-the-grand_3009625.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/chris-lane-14172_always_growing-up-i-always-considered-the-grand_3009625.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Growing up, I always considered the Grand Ole Opry to be hallowed ground.” — Chris Lane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-older-i-get-the-more-convinced-i-am-that-the-space-between-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/fred-rogers-1272_convinced_the-older-i-get-the-more-convinced-i-am_2106192.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/fred-rogers-1272_convinced_the-older-i-get-the-more-convinced-i-am_2106192.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/fred-rogers-1272_convinced_the-older-i-get-the-more-convinced-i-am_2106192.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m not some kind of…hallowed ground, you know,” I whispered. “Not something special, or sacred, or—” “You are to me. 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In American music history this is hallowed ground. I think electronic music has a lot in common with the spirit of rock and roll and what Woodstock had going on at the time. We are kind of the new kids on the block and this music isn't accepted by everyone so we are still kind of getting into pop culture and I think its appropriate that this festival is here and kicking down the door.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaskade" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaskade/it-s-an-honor-for-me-to-close-out-mysteryland-in-american-music/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/kaskade-7524_accepted_it-s-an-honor-for-me-to-close-out-myster_3179276.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/kaskade-7524_accepted_it-s-an-honor-for-me-to-close-out-myster_3179276.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/kaskade-7524_accepted_it-s-an-honor-for-me-to-close-out-myster_3179276.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's an honor for me to close out Mysteryland. In American music history this is hallowed ground. 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