Ancestor Quotes

479 Ancestor quotes by 379 unique authors

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason… — George H. Mead
Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers. — Roh Moo-hyun
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone. — Guru Nanak
OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. — James Nasmyth
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. — Plutarch
We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of. — Mikhail Saakashvili
To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. — Chief Seattle
Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen… — Pete Seeger
The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead… — Thomas Sowell
I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's… — John Shelby Spong
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. — Robert Louis Stevenson
What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in… — Ratan Tata
We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach… — Paul Tsongas
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors. — Voltaire
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations. — Claude Vorilhon
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals. — Robert Anton Wilson
It's very clear from Biblical history and Jewish history that Jewish monotheism wasn't developed in an instant, that it became gradually the accepted norm. But… — Robert Winston
A fossil is so powerful. It's moving. This is my ancestor. The naturalist is moved by the fossil... not the cross. — Greg Graffin
Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that have… — Paul Stamets
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner. — Douglas Adams
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and… — Maya Angelou
Don't be afraid of StarClan. They will understand about Brokentail. You will be honored by our warrior ancestors for your loyalty toy your Clanmates and… — Erin Hunter
The only bubble in the flat champagne of February is Valentine’s Day. It was no accident that our ancestors pinned Valentine’s Day on February’s shirt:… — Tom Robbins
Memories are their own descendents masquerading as the ancestors of the present. — David Mitchell

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379 authors contributed a total of 479 Ancestor Quotes, led by these top contributors: