“I would rather make my name than inherit it”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.”
Albert Einstein
“The meek may inherit the earth, but the other kind inherits the mortgage”
Noah Goldstein
“A good name is a second inheritance”
German Proverb
“Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine.”
Mark Twain
“Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.”
William Hazlitt
“You who inherit the heavy privilege to serve in freedom's name. You who must brace for battle surely to come.”
Charlton Heston
