Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of our own broad land, received all the fundamentals of civilization as a heritage from their European ancestors.
I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.
The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?
No self is of itself alone. It has a long chain of intellectual ancestors. The "I" is chained to ancestry by many factors… This is not mere allegory, but an eternal memory.
Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing about him.
Left to faggots and their defenders, all our forefathers, eminent ancestors and international heroes were either homosexual or bisexual.
It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution.
I believe there is a strong familial pull as the influence of beloved ancestors continues with us from the other side of the veil.
For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria.
My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.
Mushu: I was this close. This close to impressin' the ancestors, gettin' the top shelf, an entourage. Man. All my fine work. Pfft.
My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way
I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.
Do not be too sure, young fellows, That you are better than your ancestors.
If we keep punishing people for what their parents or their ancestors have done, the world as a whole can never move forward. Society will never grow.
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.
I am the now of the then. My body is the embodiment of all my ancestors who came before me. They live on in me.
If we do not fight to protect and preserve the freedom our ancestors died to obtain for us, our children will die to get it back.
Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.
