Ancestor Quotes

479 Ancestor quotes by 379 unique authors

And let me die suddenly, to be born again in the revelation of beauty....And the revelation of beauty is the wisdom of the ancestors. — Aime Cesaire
You are human, whether your ancestors come from Europe, Asia, Africa, or wherever, shamanism once existed there. We are just attempting to go home to… — Michael Harner
That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to… — Nainoa Thompson
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually… — Clarence Darrow
Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came… — William J. Clinton
We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University,… — Evelyn Waugh
You can't have a Russian household without vodka. It's just something to wash everything down with. I can't remember a time when I didn't drink… — Gary Shteyngart
But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's… — Henry Louis Gates
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family reunion,… — Henry Louis Gates
You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've never had a… — Henry Louis Gates
Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out… — Phyllis George
There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female… — Elizabeth Gilbert
For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is… — Richard Dawkins
Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out… — Ralph Ellison
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ancestor of every action is a thought. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors. — Frank Herbert
We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern… — Thor Heyerdahl
We forget that the soul has its own ancestors. — James Hillman
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. — E. W. Howe
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. — Helen Keller
Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials,… — Annie Lennox
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. — Don Marquis
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood… — Don Marquis

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