C. J. McCollum Quotes

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

In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

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

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

You can't forget your roots.

I always had my roots in the past.

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

You can't run from your roots.

You want to try to find your heritage.

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

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

My parents have always been very concerned of making sure we know who we are and where we come from. I have to give them credit for that. Knowing your roots is quite important.

You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.

I am not myself, I am the result of all my ancestors.

You can't build a future if you don't have a past.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

I'm very much into legacies.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.

You can't really run from your roots.

We should not ignore or isolate our roots, no matter where we stay.

My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones.

I'm very proud of my heritage and the blood that runs through my veins. I take a lot of strength from that.

It's good to know where you've come from.

Sometimes it can be easy to forget where your roots are or where you came from.