Ancestors Quote by Francis Herbert Hedge

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.

— Frederick Henry Hedge

“Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth - the man who would make his own fortune no matter…

— Ayn Rand

Every man is the son of his own works.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Every man is the author of his own life.

— Paul Auster

It is an error to suppose that a man belongs to himself. No man does. He belongs to his wife, or his children, or…

— George Augustus Henry Sala

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.”

— Julia Quinn

That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.

— Diogenes Laertius

“Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth—the man who would make his own fortune no matter where he…

— Ayn Rand

After his wife died, a husband who is a father may have many wives or relationships ... but his son will always have only…

— Ruediger Schaefer

“Who is a true heir? He who treats his inheritance justly, and, respectful of his father's lifelong struggles, preserves & carries it further.”

— Felipe Mora Carballo

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he…

— Ayn Rand

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies…

— John F. Kennedy