Quotes About Heritage

We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life.

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.

All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own.

There's nothin' in life that's worth doin', if it cain't be done from a horse.

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.

Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcolm John Michael Creaux Rebennack. I'm proud of them names.

When we look at things as simple as food, it's not about just nourishment and sustaining our life, it is really the seed of our ancestor.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

The gene as the basis of life.

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.

They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life!

For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.

The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed.

The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.

Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life

Seeds carry life from generation to generation without end. Through the seeds speak the voices of the ancestors. Each time we plant a seed, we become ancestors for the generations to come.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

Women hand sight down through the generations. Mother to daughter.

Home. It's where we come from. Who we are.

Home is our starting point for connecting to the past.

We remain because this our home. We both have lost land here. Should we leave it all to them? I will not.

One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.