I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. – Abraham Lincoln Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
The precise form of an individuals activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity. – Henry Louis Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. – Joyce Carol Oates Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. – Calvin Coolidge Category: Thrift
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. – George Bernard Shaw Category: Happiness
Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation. – John Witherspoon Category: Trust
