Indeed optimists rather than defeatists have produced the results for which serious genealogical research is best known.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

If someone believes in god, is he a liar? He never saw god or any proof or evidence of god. He only heard about god.

Pain is inevitable as it is pareof life as pleasure is.It all depends on how you tackle it either with determination or with frustration

Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with you're just gonna end up lonely.

Boys and girls can be friends. It's not weird. They're a person and they can be your best friend in the whole world.

Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.

What was the point of a sacrifice if it wasn't meant for the ones you loved?

He will risk half his fortune in the stock market with less reflection that he devotes to the selection of a medium-priced automobile.

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.

Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end.

He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.