It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Quotations by Plutarch

Other quotes and quotations :

• Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors. Plutarch
• One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years. Thomas Wolfe
• The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have. Source Unknown
• Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. William Barclay
• It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. H. L. Mencken
• Avoid shame but do not seek glory –nothing so expensive as glory. Sydney Smith
• Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats
• H. L. Mencken
• Getting anything changes it from being desirable to just being taken for granted. Source Unknown
• Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand