Marianne Williamson Quotes

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child.

Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!

Anyone who has ever watched a child's eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come.

I hope that my family will continue in another thousand years.

We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make way for the next generation.

The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.

It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

Americans look foward to their posterity rather than backward to their ancestors.

People throw legacy and dynasty around a bit too much.

Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.

As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.

I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!

Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children.

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

You can properly call him a son of anything you please.

Man the individual consoles himself for his passing with the thought of the offspring or the works which he leaves behind.

I love the whole idea of family and what gets left behind when you are gone. I'm very proud of my children; I was one of seven.