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Quotes on MemoriesQuotes about Memories and Poems about the PastIn other words, what I know about my parents, grandparents and before won't stop with me. I'll pass it on to my posterity. This page is dedicated to some of my favorite quotes about memories. I hope these quotes and poems inspire you as much as they do me.
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Quotes on Memories ...Added May 28th 2008 "Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your children's children." Deuteronomy 4:9 "Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of" Ellen Goodman "Remember me in the family tree My name, my days, my strife; Then I'll ride upon the wings of time And live an endless life." Linda Goetsch "I promise that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us and as our posterity reads of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted." Spencer W. Kimball April 14th 2008 "I should not talk so much about myself if there were any body else I knew as well." Henry David Thoreau February 18th 2008 "People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors." Edmund Burke, British Statesman and Philosopher, 1729-1797 February 14th 2008 "Autobiography in six words or less" theglitteringeye.com “The history of the world is not complete until your story is told!” - Unknown “You are our living link to the past. Tell your grandchildren the story of the struggles waged, at home and abroad. Of sacrifices made for freedom’s sake. And tell them your own story as well – because [everybody] has a story to tell”. - Former president George Bush during State of the Union Address in 1990 “There is properly no history, only biography” – Emerson "When and elder dies, it is as if an entire library has burned to the ground" - African saying "There's a world of wisdom in our personal stories. Your life is a legacy, a gift that only you can give. Why waste something so precious?" Dolly Berthelot www.mineyourmemories.com "Too many Americans have ignored their ancestors and family history and not bothered to examine their own life stories, much less share them with others. They too rarely share much of their past lives with friends, or pass them on to their progeny. And yet we desperately need to do all that..." Dolly Berthelot www.mineyourmemories.com "But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you from the wisdom of former generations." Job 8:10 In a complex, mobile society like ours, life's tapestry gets shredded. The continuity of our lives is ripped by transience and fragmentation. Community is fragile, torn, scattered. Our need to examine and to share our stories is vital--for our own mental health, for our relationships and our cohesiveness in community, and for the good of a future that can learn from our past. Dolly Berthelot www.mineyourmemories.com "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." Theodore Hesburgh Poetry about the Past..."A House I Once Knew" is one of my favorite poems about the past. It was written by Mr. Leo VanMeer. I never met Leo in person, but I've read a lot of his writings and I feel that I knew him pretty well. I only wish that my grandfather had written as much as Leo did.
His daughter Mary built and maintained this website for her dad. Leo VanMeer passed away in 2006 at the age of 98. Leo VanMeer Website
 Its rooms are empty and wide.
Here and there is a broken pane
The front porch has fallen to ruin
A shed is tumbled and strewn
Somehow it softens in moonlight
That old house is more than a house
I can see a place by the window
I can picture the porch as it used to be
Doors with well-oiledhinges
With everything in place as it should
I see it in mellowed reflection
A house with a memory; it’s more than a house
I’d give so much to live again
Then it knew our laughter and tears,
I was unwise to have left it, I know
Was a heap of things I thought worthwhile It might be made home again, who knows?
I watch the moonlight slant through a tree,
It once was home to me.
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