Ancestors Quote Quotes

“I feel the nights stretching away
thousands long behind the days
till they reach the darkness where
all of me is ancestor.”
― Annie Finch, Spells: New and Selected Poems

“It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you know where you are from, it is harder for people to stop you where you are going.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sacrifice our ancestors gave yesterday
Gave us today and our tomorrow”
― Stephen Robert Kuta, Selina's Letter, Tales of Suicide from Victorian and Edwardian London

“We can all receive the gifts of our unique ancestry and harness them to forge a path of joy and healing.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life

“We do not brag about ancestors that were not great”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Our children are an integral component of our stories as we are of theirs and, therefore, each child acts as the knighted messengers to carry their forebears’ stories into the future. To deprive our children of the narrative cells regarding the formation of the ozone layer that rims the atmosphere of our ancestors’ saga and parental determination of selfhood is to deny them of the sacred right to claim the sanctity of their heritage. Accordingly, all wrinkled brow natives are chargeable with the sacrosanct obligation of telling their kith and kin the memorable story of the scenic days they spent as children of nature splashing about in their naked innocence in the brook of infinite time and space. We must scrupulous document our family’s history as well as scrawl out our personal story.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“I keep the light and love from my ancestors and let go of the rest.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life

“A bush with strong roots stands better than a tree with weak ones.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“My ancestors are my greatest motivation!”
― Stephanie Lahart

“Unable to record their stories, they told tales of bravery and battles, around blazing fires, and sang songs about bountiful harvests and village heroes as they went about their daily work. These stories and songs were passed down from generation to generation, preserving their history, keeping memories alive.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

“My ancestors are dancing.”
― Nnedi Okorafor

“Not knowing the DNA we carry in our bodies, hearts, and minds. does not negate it. We are an accumulation of many people, even more so when unaware of it. Once aware, we can choose what to carry and what to relegate to history.”
― Donna Goddard, Nanima: Spiritual Fiction

“Who does not wish to have noble ancestors?
Who does not wish to have noble descendants?
Even fools boast that their ancestors were sages.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A plaited link exists between every person and his or her ancestors, not simply through genealogical records, but in the same manner that the soul of a child, from which we sprang from, traces a direct connection to the matured soul of the adult.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“My ancestors offer me bliss, love, and light. I gratefully receive that which is for my highest good and release the rest back into the pure, white light.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life

“Ancestors from all times have shared their essence with you. Accept the light and let go of the rest.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life

“If you know where you are from, it will be harder for people to stop you where you are going.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“They call our ancestors demons. They insunuate that we shared our lives, meals, and dreams with demons.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“The wise man always put more energy in his cause than the expected outcomes and I hope that, you will follow the same path advised by our ancestors.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo, Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism

“Over the years I have met and made friends who believe in different gods. Many of my friends are common Christians. Some are Catholic. And others are born-again Christians. I have a circle of friends who believe in Allah. And others believe in the Hindu gods. I also have a few friends who believe in Bhudda. I have friends who believe in the ancestors. And yes, I have friends who do not believe in any god. They are unwavering atheists. The goal is to accept others without being changeable from my beliefs.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Through death, there's a talking voice”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“KNOW YOUR ROOTS IS, BUT A GOLDEN ADVICE, February 2021
by
Dr. Anthony Onyachonam Chukuma.”
― Dr. Anthony Onyachonam Chukuma, aimls, mbbs, CPA USA, hhi Harvard USA.

“None of our ancestors gave us any particular reason to be proud of them. Except for a rare few, they were all morons and they built of a world of moronity. That is more reason for us to be the first civilized ancestors to our descendants who are just born or yet to be born.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“I understand I am a Creole; Alkabulan - Europeans
The blood of two sworn enemies flowing into my veins
My European ancestors have enslaved me
My Alkabulan ancestors have freed me
To me, it is clear; who loves and cares about me
And who is using and taking advantage of me”
― Ricardo Derose

“I believe in harmony that is to come and bestow all of us with peace and love. And let ourselves be guided by the calmness emanating from the soul of our ancestors.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Love to my ancestors.
Thanks to YAHWEH.
Thanks to YAHSHUA.
Thanks to ELOHIM.

The protection ring around me is solid.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid of the vast silence.” | Kaggen said. “We all must walk the lands of dust until the seventh silence comes, and then we leave, our footsteps blown away on the wind, carried into the hearts of our children and our children’s children.”
― J A Croome, The Sand People: a collection of magical realism and other stories

“Her voice carried the voices of a hundred thousand souls in it; a whole history of resistance and rage moved with her.”
― Daniel José Older, Shadowshaper”
― Daniel José Older, Shadowshaper

“Your trust honored my ancestors. I am but their sum.”
― Zig Zag Claybourne, Breath, Warmth, and Dream