Quotes about Inheritance

What I leave behind has a life of its own.

Think of what you are, you Christians. You are God's children; you are joint heirs with Christ. The 'many mansions' are for you; the palms and harps of the glorified are for you. You have a share in all that Christ has and is and shall be.

People out for posthumous fame forget that the Generations To Come will be the same annoying people they know now.

I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values. You must cultivate poverty of spirit. Blessed are the meek. She didn't go on to say anything about inheriting the earth. I

Break the link in time between one generation and the next, and it's game over forever.

Blood is thinner than money.

Blood is thinner than money.

That was the trouble with Blood and Roses: it was easier to remember the Blood stuff. The other trouble was that the Blood player usually won, but winning meant you inherited a wasteland. This

In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life's journey.

As Thornwell so aptly expressed it, "Holiness was the inheritance of his [man's] nature—the birthright of his being. It was the state in which all his faculties received their form.

Upper classes are a nation's past, the middle class its future.

Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.