Quotes about Inheritance

In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

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.

Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

The problem with this way of thinking is that authentic faith cannot be inherited.

Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you

It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

Here, take this knife," he said. "I won't need it anymore. You may find it useful. Also take this spoon. Don't sell it. Quickly! Go ahead, take what I'm giving you!" My inheritance …

My father, an enlightened spirit, believed in man. My grandfather, a fervent Hasid, believed in God. The one taught me to speak, the other to sing. Both loved stories. And when I tell mine, I hear their voices. Whispering from beyond the silenced storm, they are what links the survivor to their memory.

Homemaking is a passion you can pass on from generation to generation.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus.

Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.