Best Ancestors Sayings

533 Ancestors quotes by 412 unique authors

The most-honored ancestors of your matriarch besmirched the season of the orange blossom. — Unknown Author
I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our ancestors… — Alan Keyes
No mariner ever enters upon a more uncharted sea than does the average human being born in the 20th century. Our ancestors know their way… — Walter Lippmann
Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist,… — John Milton
The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt on the customs… — Saint Augustine
In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In many ways, constancy is an illusion. After all, our ancestors were immigrants, many of them moving on every few years; today we are migrants… — Mary Catherine Bateson
Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity,… — Joseph Story
I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my parents and grandparents… — Carl Jung
Music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication and for the very cognitive, representational flexibility necessary to become humans. — Daniel Levitin
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was… — Jimmy Carter
I had a lot of hatred, but I realized that kind of hate didn't do much. I had to start fueling myself with pride. We… — Marilyn Nelson
As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion. — Butterfly McQueen
Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are to help unravel… — Unknown Author
We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is what we make… — Kate Elliott
No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not… — Diana Peterfreund
When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections… — Russell M. Nelson
Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no… — Edward Abbey
If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors. — Edward Abbey
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour.… — Hannibal
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My… — Mitt Romney
So might we ourselves look down into some rock-pool where lowly creatures repeat with naive zest dramas learned by their ancestors æons ago. — Olaf Stapledon
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… — Petrarch
What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors. — Robert Mugabe

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