His Ancestors Quotes

23 quotes by 17 authors

It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of… — Frederick The Great
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man's unconscious... contains all the patterns of life and behaviour inherited from his ancestors, so that every human child, prior to consciousness, is possessed of… — Carl Jung
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
And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives… — Plato
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at… — John B. Watson
Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history. Sometimes a man hits upon… — W. Somerset Maugham
A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground. — Unknown Author
Life, as a part, is interwoven with the life of the whole, not only present, but past and future, for while men come and go… — Colin Jordan
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
He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors. — Edmund Burke
I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India. — Trevor McDonald
The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox, Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and… — William Shakespeare
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. — 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 king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. — Helen Keller
Do what he will, he [the profane man] is an inheritor. He cannot utterly abolish his past, since he himself is a product of his… — Mircea Eliade
At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does… — Robert A. Heinlein

Who Wrote These His Ancestors Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 23 His Ancestors Quotes as follows: