Ancestor Quote by Horace Mann

The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly…

— John Climacus

The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.

— Augustus William Hare

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute…

— Samuel Johnson

“Let us thank God for having given us such ancestors; and let each successive generation thank Him, not less fervently, for being one step…

— Sarah Vowell

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

— Anonymous

Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements ... those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing.

— Neal A. Maxwell

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

— William Penn

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.

— Winona LaDuke

It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who…

— Ben Jonson

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions

— Samuel Johnson

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld