Heir Quotes

118 quotes by 102 authors

Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to th's first. — William Shakespeare
Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne? — Stephen Sondheim
A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with… — Mahalia Jackson
I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive. — Princess Margaret
Bright flower! whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care And all the long year through the heir Of joy or sorrow, Methinks that… — William Wordsworth
When we lavish our money we rob our heir; when we merely save it we rob ourselves. — Jean de la Bruyere
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and Experience is his banker; but his drafts are seldom honoured, since there is often a heavy balance against… — Charles Caleb Colton
The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. — Thomas Fuller
Sarah Palin is an heir to the women's movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life has she thought,… — Gail Collins
It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was. — Paris Hilton
If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. — Muhammad Iqbal
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and… — John F. Kennedy
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken… — David Rockefeller
I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be… — Wilbur Smith
I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the… — Ellen G. White
Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix, Her ashes new-create another heir As great… — William Shakespeare
You are the heir to the Kingdom. Prosperity is your birth right and you hold the key to more abundance in every area of your… — Henri Nouwen
Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn, but for the… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. — Steven Morrissey

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