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Quotes About Generations

True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.
~ John C. Maxwell
She fell into the chair he had left vacant. "Don't sit in your father's chair, Amy," her mother said, not realizing that Amy's legs were worn out from riding a bicycle, while her father had done nothing but sit down all day.
~ John Cheever
Be Honest when you are with your kids, because you see your past in their eyes and they see their future in yours.
~ Unknown
Children will rarely appreciate their legacy with the same ardency that their parents labored to provide it.
~ Unknown
A good family is one that spends time together once in a while. A great family creates memories that lasts for generations.
~ Unknown
The first half of our lives is spoiled by our parents, and the last half by our children.
~ Jennifer James
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers
~ Lewis Mumford
If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
A bad father has never a good son
~ Latin proverb
Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future
~ Gail Lumet Buckley
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
~ Alex Haley
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson
~ Victor Hugo
Only the best mothers get promoted to a grandma!! Happy Mothers Day!
~ Unknown
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.
~ Miranda July
On Sherry: The destiny of a thousand generations is concentrated in each drop. If the cares of the world overwhelm you, only taste it, pilgrim, and you will swear that heaven is on earth.
~ Unknown
Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.
~ Mark Batterson
One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.
~ Fred Rogers
If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World.
~ Jean Baudrillard
There is no better satisfaction than to see your children make your dreams theirs, and achieve them on their terms.
~ Murad S. Shah
God knows why nobody ever learns from the preceding generation - but they don't.
~ Doris Lessing
In football there's passion so you have lifelong fans, they bring their sons up, their grandchild comes.
~ Shaun Wright-Phillips
She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.
~ Gypsy Rose Lee
I come from a long line of sportsmen.
~ Armin Zoggeler