Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. – Van Wyck Brooks Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
They talk about their Pilgrim blood, their birthright high and holy! a mountain-stream that ends in mud thinks is melancholy. – James Russell Lowell Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. – Edward W. Howe Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies. – Whittaker Chambers Category: Faith
Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree. – Terri Guillemets, “From the Library to the Park,” 1993 Category: Poetry
Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labors rights and the fight for peace. – Paul Robeson Category: Peace
The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair. – Leo Fender Category: design
