Ancestor Quotes

479 Ancestor quotes by 379 unique authors

This is the land of dreamings, a land of wide horizons and secret places. The first people, our ancestors, created this country in the culture… — Hetti Perkins
As nonhuman animals, plants, and even 'inanimate' rivers once spoke to our oral ancestors, so the ostensibly “inert” letters on the page now speak to… — David Abram
We must strive to become good ancestors. — Ralph Nader
I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My… — Ziggy Marley
A Chinese paleontologist lectures around the world saying that recent fossil finds in his country are inconsistent with the Darwinian theory of evolution. His reason:… — Phillip E. Johnson
The keys Elijah restored to Joseph Smith permit our hearts to be bound and each of us linked to those of our ancestors who are… — Richard G. Scott
Make covenants and receive ordinances for yourself. Then steadily and consistently work to provide ordinances in the temple for your own ancestors. — Richard G. Scott
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. — Carl Sagan
Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked… — Frans de Waal
If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes. — Rolf Dobelli
Once we overcome our fear of being tiny, we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe that utterly dwarfs — in… — Carl Sagan
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors. — Guy de Maupassant
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. — Sallust
Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity. — Alexander Crummell
Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and… — Joshua
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served… — Joshua
A wealth of knowledge is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms of the earth.… — Suzy Kassem
Hey, this is Europe. We took it from nobody; we won it from the bare soil that the ice left. The bones of our ancestors,… — Ken MacLeod
If manufacturers are so sure there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, pesticides and cloned meats, they should have no problems labeling them as… — Adam Gollner
WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency… — Ambrose Bierce
Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a… — Donald Johanson
We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and… — Richard Leakey
But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of our own broad… — James Henry Breasted
The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees… — Will Durant

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