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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

— Voltaire

From my earliest childhood I nourished and cherished the desire to make a creditable journey in a new country, and write such a respectable…

— Joseph Dalton Hooker

Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living.

— Karen Lord

Whatever you are is because of what your ancestors have done.

— Li Lu

If you say that you're a king, queen, god or goddess and you recognize that you're from ancestral greatness, you have to start living…

— Charlamagne Tha God

The key thing is managed awareness of your role in the world and history. Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think…

— Dave Eggers

Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time-to give…

— Laurence Overmire

You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“the first responsibility of a human being is to be a better ancestor.”

— John Perry Barlow

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Whatever you are doing, take the attitude of wanting it directly or indirectly to benefit others. Take the attitude of wanting it to increase…

— Pema Chodron

“Invest your evaporating life and reap greatness. Invest your evaporating time and leave a legacy behind for future generations. Take this short time that…

— Sunday Adelaja