“ If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. ”
- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois- Copy
- 1.3K
“ It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it. ”
- Kin Hubbard- Copy
- 1K
“ No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness. ”
- Hermann Broch- Copy
- 3.5K
“ To be an American is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history. ”
- Leslie Fiedler- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. ”
- Augustine Birrell- Copy
- 199
“ To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. ”
- Honore de Balzac- Copy
- 595
“ We do not inherit the earth from our fathers. We borrow it from our children. ”
- David Bower- Copy
- 1.1K
“ In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. ”
- Al Rogers- Copy
- 3.9K
“ We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of. ”
- John Chapman- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past. ”
- Francis Herbert Hedge- Copy
- 188
“ Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt. ”
- Herbert Clark Hoover- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Advertising is the principal reason why the business person has come to inherit the earth. ”
- James R. Adams- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the National Debt. ”
- Herbert Clark Hoover- Copy
- 2.5K
“ In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. ”
- H.F. Hedge- Copy
- 926
“ Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are aftermath of war. ”
- Herbert Clark Hoover- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The subspace W inherits the other 8 properties of V. And there aren't even any property taxes. ”
- J. MacKay- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Blessed be the meek, for they shall inherit six feet of the earth. ”
- The Clown Prince of Darkness- Copy
- 3K
“ We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ”
- Haida Indian saying- Copy
- 771
“ In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Whatever good there is in the world I inherit from the courage and work of those who went before me. I, in turn, have a responsibility to make things better for those who will inherit the earth from me. ”
- Arthur Dobrin- Copy
- 176
“ In our wildest aberrations we dream of an equilibrium we have left behind and which we naively expect to find at the end of our errors. Childish presumption which justifies the fact that child-nations, inheriting our follies, are now directing our history. ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
- 3K
“ The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society. ”
- James Fenimore Cooper- Copy
- 3.5K
“ If you want to write, do so. If you don't want to hold down a full time job in order to have the comfort to write, give up the idea of being a composer of concert music, unless you can learn to be happy in poverty, marry the rich, inherit the wealth, or otherwise fall into money. ”
- Beth Anderson- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Meanness inherits a set of silverware and keeps it in the bank. Economy uses it only on important occasions, for fear of loss. Thrift sets the table with it every night for pure pleasure, but counts the butter spreaders before they are put away. ”
- Phyllis McGinley- Copy
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