Cambodian Proverb Quotes

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Nothing is more difficult, in general, than to make a nation perceive anything as true, or seek its own interest, in any manner but as its forefathers have opined and acted.

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.

Oh yes. And a great many of them still do.

For those things which were done either by our fathers or ancestors, and in which we ourselves had no share, I can scarcely call our own.

The wisdom of our ancestors.

The wisdom of our parents, grandparents, ancestors. In each individual life, it seems, we must first reject that wisdom, then later come to appreciate it.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

I don’t believe in democracy because I don’t believe that any group at any time can change the course and goals of their ancestors…

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had hurt its hands in breaking.

All states need to hallow themselves with the dignity of the past.

You need to figure out other societies, where they came from, what the people believe in, what they do, how their ethnic divisions work, which is often very different from our own; then design your policies around that. Pay attention. I think that's the simple answer, which is just to realize that not everybody is like the United States. Whether you study history or sociology, or anthropology, journalism, there's room for seeing there are other cultures and other ways and other structures.

People will not look forward to posterity who are not anxious to look backward to their ancestry

Victorian values…were the values when our country became great.

A deep meaning resides in old customs.

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.

For more than 1000 years our spiritual traditions and common values have been nurtured and begotten here. Today, as we restore the value of patriotism, historical memory and cultural tradition, we are seeking firmer bonds with Mount Athos.

If generations past could get things so badly wrong, then we are forever vulnerable as well.

I carry the voices of all my family within me, and they were with me there in the jungle.

I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion.

Madea is a cross between my mother and my aunt. She's the type of grandmother that was on every corner when I was growing up.

For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they believe, is attachment - the motive in human beings that binds them to the place, the customs, the history and the people who are theirs.