Earn Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it's yours.”

— Goethe

I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun. And though I roam all over the world, The spending…

— Ernest Hemingway

Ownership, that's what you give your kids. That's your legacy.

— Prince

What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I may not have inherited wealth, but I have some inherited humility.

— Carole Radziwill

The best inheritance a father can leave his children is a good example.

— John Walter Bratton

Money can buy you everything except a father and a mother.

— Vikrant Parsai

I think what you inherit is not real. I haven't inherited anything. What I have is really mine because I made it myself.

— Ken Hakuta

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

— Christine Gregoire

I don't like inherited wealth.

— Albert Gubay

Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.

— Grady Booch

I inherited half my father's friends and all his enemies

— George W. Bush