Quotes about Heritage

Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. PSALM 127:3—5

All I got to do is stay black and die.

If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased."-Maya Angelou

I made no attempt to wipe away the tears. I could not claim a forefather who came to America on the Mayflower. Nor did any ancestor of mine amass riches to leave me free from toil. My great-grandparents were illiterate when their fellow men were signing the Declaration of Independence, and the first families of my people were bought separately and sold apart, nameless and without traces — yet there was this: 'Deep River My home is over Jordan.

Ev'ry Voice and Sing"—words by James Weldon Johnson and music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Copyright by Edward B. Marks Music Corporation. Used by permission.

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave

some of our descendents

Only through the careful study of historical documents can we prevent the distortion of where we came from and who we are as a nation.

God does not save us to make us forget our heritage, but to complete it.

So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith. Galatians 3:9

The Lord will not forsake His people or abandon His heritage. Psalm 94:14

The Lord gave them rest on every side according to all He had sworn to their fathers. Joshua 21:44