Quotes About Heritage And Identity

#1. Genealogy itself is something of a privilege, coming far more easily to those of us for whom enslavement, conquest, and dispossession of our land has not been our lot.

Tim Wise

#2. In its totality, a raga is a combination of musical heritage, technical elements, emotional charge, cognitive understanding and aural identity.

T.M. Krishna

#3. There is enough Christianity in our country's history to make it a significant component of our heritage and identity.

Joel Hunter

#4. Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life."
Patricia Briggs.

Demetra Angelis Foustanellas

#5. You and I, today and always, are to bear witness of Jesus Christ and declare the message of the Restoration ... Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage.

David A. Bednar

#6. If someone said 'diametrically,' could 'opposed' be far behind?

Meg Wolitzer

#7. We should feel empowered by where we came from and who we are, not hide it. It is important to acknowledge that everything we do affects our ancestors as much as they have affected us.

Lorin Morgan-Richards

#8. I definitely have a strong sense of my Jewish and Israeli identity. I did my two-year military service; I was brought up in a very Jewish, Israeli family environment, so of course my heritage is very important to me.

Gal Gadot

#9. Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and heritage to the woman he wed?

Marya Mannes

#10. Paul presents the Good News: Salvation is available to all, regardless of a person's identity, sin, or heritage. We are saved by grace (unearned, undeserved favor from God) through faith (complete trust) in Christ and his finished work. Through him we can stand before God justified, not guilty

Anonymous

#11. I have a sort of . . . thing, I suppose, for certain words. They spark inside me, somehow, turning me to touchpaper, but I don't know what they are until someone says them.

Alexis Hall

#12. I'm a flaming faggot, Irving. I was sure you were on to that. I don't go around waving the flag, of course, and I definitely do not proselytize. Homosexuality is, to me, an inner satisfaction, a pride in a heritage of greatness. To marry a woman would be an inadmissible rejection of my identity.

Paddy Chayefsky

#13. Children need fairy tales, but it is just as essential that they have parents who tell them about their own lives, so that they can establish a relationship to the past.

Mark Kurlansky

#14. People who believe in buried gods,' said Louis.
'Do you believe in buried gods, Detective Walsh?'
'I'm Episcopalian. I believe in everything.

John Connolly

#15. I call the spot Eden," he said. "Who could not wish to paint such a paradise?

Kate Breslin

#16. Originality must compound with inheritance.

Harold Bloom

#17. Unless we embrace our own heritage of the sacred, we will not only deny the identity of Europe. We will also fail in providing a service to others to which they are entitled.

Pope Benedict XVI

#18. In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Jane Smiley

#19. If I had any choice in the matter, I'd stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.

Simone Elkeles

#20. I'd say that my identity is really a culinary identity, so the way I relate to my national heritage is through its cuisine.

Princess Tatiana Of Greece And Denmark

#21. I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Charles De Gaulle

#22. Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi