Your Ancestors Quotes
43 quotes by 37 authors
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Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I…
— Alexander the Great
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Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees.…
— Raymond Chandler
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
— Tacitus
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If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will leave your hands if you yourself are not virtuous. How…
— Ibn Hazm
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If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors.
— Edward Abbey
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My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were…
— Mark Twain
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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and…
— Plato
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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
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Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead.
— Lynne Tillman
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Do you young people want a sure way to eliminate the influence of the adversary in your life? Immerse yourself in searching for your ancestors,…
— Richard G. Scott
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I promise you the Lord will bless you in your efforts, for this is His work, and He will guide your prayerful efforts to bring…
— Richard G. Scott
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Your ancestors fought for you to have a share in that institution over there. It's yours. See the school board, and every Friday night hold…
— Mother Jones
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You need to understand something, you drink deeply from wells of freedom and liberty and opportunity that you did not dig. You eat lavishly from…
— Cory Booker
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Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your ancestors come into…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.
— Swami Vivekananda
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I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am…
— Swami Vivekananda
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You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their…
— Wallace D. Wattles
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We are not primitive. We live differently to you, but we do not live exactly like our grandparents did, nor do you. Were your ancestors…
— Roy Sesana
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Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people…
— Winona LaDuke
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If your ancestors cut down all the trees, it’s not your fault, but you still don’t live in a forest.
— Pam Oliver
Who Wrote These Your Ancestors Quotes
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