Best Ancestors Proverbs

533 Ancestors quotes by 412 unique authors

Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each… — Alexis de Tocqueville
There is a need in every generation to study the past, to absorb its spirit, to preserve its messages...it's a collaboration of ourselves and our… — Christopher Tunnard
Seeds carry life from generation to generation without end. Through the seeds speak the voices of the ancestors. Each time we plant a seed, we… — Kenny Ausubel
For over two billion years, through the apparent fancy of her endless differentiations and metamorphosis the Cell, as regards its basic physiological mechanisms, has remained… — Albert Claude
As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and… — Marian Wright Edelman
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign… — John Sergeant Wise
Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors. — Herbert Agar
. . . it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate the sentiment. Other nations kill animals by wholesale and kill one another; they exist in… — Swami Vivekananda
He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors. — Edmund Burke
So what is the Dreaming? I would say the Dreaming is a non-indigenous term used in its broadest sense to describe the stories of our… — Hetti Perkins
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
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

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