Quotes by Genealogists

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
Thomas la Mance
We are the last generation with a real opportunity to save the world.
Laurence Overmire
Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.
Laurence Overmire
From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.
Laurence Overmire
Over the course of the millennia, all these multitudes of ancestors, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time—to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind?
Laurence Overmire
Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf.
Laurence Overmire
It is hard to dislike someone you know if that person is someone you value.
Sharon Leslie Morgan
In a period of less than 150 years, to progress from slavery to Pennsylvania Avenue speaks volumes about this family and our nation. Distracted by the rush of our everyday life, we might shrug it off today, but 100 years from now, historians will be discussing this precedent.
Megan Smolenyak
The truth is often so much more complicated than the digest version that's handed down to us.
Megan Smolenyak
Del UsionIf you knew the personHe thinks he isYou'd have to admitHe's one very special guy.
Laurence Overmire
There is a falling from the skyThe sacred hoop is brokenBut different hands with different voiceHear the ancient songsAnd soonAll men will seeThat truth and justiceMustPrevail.
Laurence Overmire
Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.
Laurence Overmire
The more we understand the One Idea, how all of life is interconnected and interdependent, the more we can act in positive ways for the good of all.
Laurence Overmire
Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.
Laurence Overmire
No matter what path you're on in this life, if that path isn't about love, you're on the wrong path.
Laurence Overmire
Being good or being evil is not something that is inherent in our nature over which we have no control, rather we define ourselves by the choices we make, moment by moment, situation by situation. All it takes is an act of will to be the best that we can be.
Laurence Overmire
Public condemnation goes a long way in establishing what is and what is not acceptable in a society. The public good will prevail if the public demands it.
Laurence Overmire
Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity. It is up to us, as adults, to see that they are properly taken care of and given all the love and attention they deserve. If we did so, I have no doubt our world would be drastically different and much more humane.
Laurence Overmire
Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.
Laurence Overmire
Good people turn to love, courage and kindness in times of crisis, not hate, fear and cruelty.
Laurence Overmire
Wisdom is finding the path that is best for all - considering the options, the positives and the negatives - and having the courage to change what must be changed for the sake of the entire world.
Laurence Overmire
The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.
Laurence Overmire
Fantasy, myth, legend, truth - all are intertwined in the story that is Scotland.
Laurence Overmire
The way to peace, harmony and balance for the planet is through the loving kindness of each individual heart.
Laurence Overmire
There are basically two kinds of people: those who have empathy and care about others and those who don't. The ones who don't are creating most of the problems in the world.
Laurence Overmire
Only in making peace - with ourselves, with others, and the world - will any of us find the life we are hoping for.
Laurence Overmire
Those who oppose equality, compassion and social justice have been on the wrong side of history time and time again.
Laurence Overmire
Freedom is an idea that no tyrant will ever crush.
Laurence Overmire
There is no nobler profession, nor no greater calling, than to be among those unheralded many who gave and give their lives to the preservation of human knowledge, passed with commitment and care from one generation to the next.
Laurence Overmire
Life is a poem most people never read.
Laurence Overmire