Quotes about Inheritance
Who at the present time thinks of Easter as intended and adapted to fill the soul with a new jubilant assurance of the forgiveness of sin as the guarantee of the inheritance of eternal life?
— Geerhardus Vos
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
— Anonymous
Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.
— Anonymous
Noble fathers have noble children.
— Euripides
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
My mother was a terrible narcissist and I could well have turned out like her.
— Lady Colin Campbell
I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.
— John Quincy Adams
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, "The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in Him!
— Susan May Warren
Generational sins, hereditary diseases and systemic poverty are not a part of our royal status. Yet in reality, trespassing demonic spirits oftentimes stymie the full benefits of our inheritance.
— Kris Vallotton
we are moving from a hierarchical leadership model to an heir-archy, as we are heirs with Christ to the throne of God
— Kris Vallotton