Desirable Quote by Plutarch

“It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”

— Plutarch

We must strive to become good ancestors.

— Ralph Nader

Are we being good ancestors?

— Jonas Salk

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'

— Jonas Salk

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

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

— Plutarch

Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

— Moliere

Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.

— Jonas Salk

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.

— Winona LaDuke

Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate…

— Richard Allen

The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity. [Lat., Majorum gloria posteris…

— Sallust

Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.

— Aaron Hill