Quotes about Heritage

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Memory feeds a culture, nourishes hope and makes a human, human.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

Leaving the Great House, my presence became known to the colored people, some of whom were children of those I had known when a boy. They all seemed delighted to see me, and were pleased when I called over the names of many of the old servants

The family tree of earthly ancestors was really not important; what was important was the family tree of the children of God He planted on Calvary.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.

Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

By making our people in the Western Hemisphere hate Africa, we ended up hating ourselves. We hated our African characteristics. We hated our African identity. We hated our African features. So much so that you would find those of us in the West who would hate the shape of our nose. We would hate the shape of our lips. We would hate the color of our skin and the texture of our hair. This was a reaction, but we didn't realize that it was a reaction.

My black brothers and sisters—no one will know who we are…until we know who we are! We never will be able to go anywhere until we know where we are!

We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, my brothers and sisters—Plymouth Rock landed on us!