Quotes about Inheritance

My father, an enlightened spirit, believed in man. My grandfather, a fervent Hasid, believed in God. The one taught me to speak, the other to sing. Both loved stories. And when I tell mine, I hear their voices. Whispering from beyond the silenced storm, they are what links the survivor to their memory.

Homemaking is a passion you can pass on from generation to generation.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus.

John D. Rockefeller apparently became more of a tightwad the richer he got. I don't know if it is true, but one story I read was about one of his sons having to wear his older sister's clothes in order to save money.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward."18

Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to whom you belong.

Neither son understands that the father's love was never about any of that. The father's love cannot be earned, and it cannot be taken away. It just is.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors.

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.