Quotes of Forebear - somelinesforyou

“ The wisdom of our parents, grandparents, ancestors. In each individual life, it seems, we must first reject that wisdom, then later come to appreciate it. ”

- Tad Williams

“ If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs. ”

- Mary McLeod Bethune

“ Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. ”

- Van Wyck Brooks

“ Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. ”

- Alex Haley

“ Do well and you will have no need for ancestors. ”

- Voltaire
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