(114 quotes found)
“We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.”
Ethel Waters
“He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral”
Yiddish Proverb
“Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.”
Elizabeth I
“I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.”
Woody Allen
“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
“To inherit property is not to be born - is to be stillborn, rather”
Henry David Thoreau
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”
Ruth E. Renkel
“The meek may inherit the earth, but the other kind inherits the mortgage”
Noah Goldstein
“Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one”
Augustine Burrell