Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes

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

Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.

Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

I am proud of my heritage and my family.

How do we know who we are if we don’t know where we’ve been?

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in.

Getting to know where we come from is a really profound way of getting to look at who we are.

I know where I come from and what my roots are.

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 really cheesy, but basically, 'Roots' got me to find out my own roots.

My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped when she saw what turned up.

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

I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

I've always been fascinated by family ancestry.

You want to try to find your heritage.

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.

I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from.

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding out what those things mean, why they did those things and seeing how I fit into them.

My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.