Therefore though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now) those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this
Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success isnt based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never yes never sell yourself short.
Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born so he be a man of merit.
There is no king who has not had a slave among his Ancestors and no slave who has not had a king among his.
The family you come from isnt as important as the family youre going to have.
Never say you know a man till you have divided an inheritance with him.
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious Ancestry is like a potato – the only good belonging to him is underground.
He who boasts of his descent praises the deeds of another.
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
PEDIGREE n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.
Heredity is nothing but stored environment.
The hen is an eggs way of producing another egg.
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history and his wants.
Breed is stronger than pasture.
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.
He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.
I dont know who my grandfather was; Im much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Therefore though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now) those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this
Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.
Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success isnt based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never yes never sell yourself short.
Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
We did not inherit the land from our forefathers- we are borrowing it from our children.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
They that on glorious ancestors enlarge Produce their debt instead of their discharge.
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.