Ancestors Quotes

Birth is nothing where virtue is not.

The pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.

Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease.

I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

It’s going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

A tribe must desist from boasting of their forefathers; if they will not leave off boasting, verily they will be more abominable near God, than a black beetle which rolleth forward filth by its nose; and verily God has removed from you pride and arrogance. There is no man but either a righteous believer or […]

Whatever good there is in the world I inherit from the courage and work of those who went before me. I, in turn, have a responsibility to make things better for those who will inherit the earth from me.

Many a family tree needs trimming.

Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one.