Ancestry quotes

◆ Native American isn't blood. It is what is in the heart. The love for the land, the respect for it, those who inhabit it, and the respect and acknowledgement of the spirits and elders. That is what it is to be Indian.

- 100

◆ I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

- Don Marquis99

◆ One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground

- Samuel Butler99

◆ He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

- Seneca99