Inherit

Famous quotes containing the word inherit:

“Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 11:29.

“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 5:5.

The third of the Beatitudes, from the Sermon on the Mount. The words recall those in Proverbs 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” In his Notebooks, the author Samuel Butler wrote, “I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.” (Samuel Butler’s Notebooks, p. 220, 1951)

“I would rather make my name than inherit it.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)