Quotes having the keyword Inheritance
The white man's blood and bones have begotten this bronze race, and bequeathed to it in some degree qualities, tendencies, capabilities, such as are the inheritance of the highest order of human animals.
by Fanny Kemble (Actor, English , born in 1809) keywords: animals, bequeathed, blood, bones, bronze, capabilities, degree, highest, human, inheritance, man, order, qualities, race, some, such, tendencies , white
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
by Karl Kraus (Writer, Austrian , born in 1874) topics: Experience keywords: aside, cannot, exhaust, experiences, inheritance, miser, puts, savings, which , wisdom
Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
by Johann Kaspar Lavater (Theologian, German , born in 1741) keywords: divided, him, inheritance, know, man, never, say , until
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
by Johann Kaspar Lavater (Theologian, German , born in 1741) keywords: another, divided, entirely, him, inheritance, know, say , till
Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.
by Henry Cabot Lodge (Politician, American , born in 1850) keywords: beware, civilization, down, everywhere, fall, freedom, go, great, how, inheritance, land, liberty, marvelous, ordered, ruin, stumble, trifle, will , your
Strong, generous, and confident, she has nobly served mankind. Beware how you trifle with your marvellous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.
by Henry Cabot Lodge (Politician, American , born in 1850) keywords: beware, civilization, confident, down, everywhere, fall, freedom, generous, go, great, how, inheritance, land, liberty, mankind, marvellous, nobly, ordered, ruin, served, she, strong, stumble, trifle, will , your
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.
by Ella Maillart (Writer, Swiss , born in 1903) keywords: birthright, conquer, every, felt, going, home, inheritance, leave, long, possession, rather, take, time, took, were , world
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.
by Alberto Moravia (Novelist, Italian , born in 1907) keywords: absolute, based, becomes, custodian, customs, each, future, generation, ideals, inheritance, laws, obligation, our, owner, pass, proposition, rather, resources, should, than , turn
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.
by Reinhold Niebuhr (Theologian, American , born in 1892) keywords: against, aggression, civilization, consequences, defend, even, historic, however, imperfect, inheritance, may, refusal, result, situations, than, tyranny, war, which , worse
The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
by Pope John Paul II (Clergyman, Polish , born in 1920) keywords: arms, child, children, inheritance, nations, necessary, organization, proclaimed, race, receive, united, us , year
We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.
by Ethel Waters (Musician, American , born in 1896) keywords: gifted, inheritance , our
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
by Alan Watts (Philosopher, English , born in 1915) keywords: because, believe, born, defend, estates, heirs, inheritance, kindred, parents, principles, some, take, their, them, tutors , would
