Ancestor 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

“Inside the narrow skull of the miner pinned beneath the fallen timber, there lives a world. Parents, friends, a home, the hot soup of…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“It is very currently suggested that the modern man is the heir of all the ages, that he has got the good out of…

— G.K. Chesterton

Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!

— Oliver Goldsmith

“She was disappointed. She kept her voice low. “Have you heard of a Lienid noble Graced with fighting?” “You saw him, did you?” Raffin…

— Kristin Cashore

“It is not by blood, anyhow, that man's true continuity is established: Alexander's direct heir is Caesar, and not the frail infant born of…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“It was time. One breath—another. She was the heir of fire. She was fire, and light, and ash, and embers. She was Aelin Fireheart,…

— Sarah J. Maas

THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well…

— Robin Hobb

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

— Muhammad Iqbal

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and…

— George Best

George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.

— Nancy Gibbs