A famous chess master was in the habit of taking his 5-year old son to matches in the hope of instilling a love of the game in the boy. At a tense moment in a championship game, the master reached out to move on of his knights.
“Don’t move the horse,” the boy said. His father looked at him, thought it over, then decided to make a different move. As a result, he won the game.
Later, he wondered if his son had some kind of intuitive genius for the game of chess. So he asked the boy, “Why did you tell me not to move the horse?”
“He looked tired,” the boy said.
By ancestry, I was born to rule. - Nelson Mandela
He flourishes with hereditary honors. - Latin Proverb
A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. - Cicero
I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. - Bill Watterson
Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. - Mitch Albom
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. - Woody Allen
There's no such thing as fun for the whole family. - Jerry Seinfeld
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. - Etheridge Knight
My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. - Mark Twain
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. - John J. Plomp
There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent. - A.S. Neill
Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are. - John G. Pollard
I think the family was from Hungaria. (talking about Noah's Ark) - Archie Bunker
The meek shall inherit the world, but they'll never increase market share. - William G McGowan
If we stand tall, it's because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors. - Unknown
My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one. - Diane Lane
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster
My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose your ancestors carefully. - Bertrand Russell
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. - Cicero
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke
Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time. - Grant Cardone
We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment. - Bill Keane
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. - William Glasser
Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one. - Howard K. Nixon
The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. - Lane Olinghouse
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. - Ogden Nash
I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. - Jimmy Fallon
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. - Unknown
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. - Oscar Wilde
What is a family except memories? Haphazard and precious as the contents of a catchall drawer in the kitchen. - Joyce C Oates
I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. - Patrick Chan
My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again. - Anatoly Karpov
As a family we couldn't decide whether to have Grandma buried or cremated, so in the end we decided to let her live. - Gary Delaney
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. - Joseph Addison
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended - and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. - Robert Frost
The family should be a place where each new human being can have an early atmosphere conducive to the development of constructive creativity. - Edith Schaeffer
Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. - Phyllis Diller
How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father’s or mother's life? - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He flourishes with hereditary honors. - Latin Proverb
A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. - Cicero
I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. - Bill Watterson
Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. - Mitch Albom
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. - Woody Allen
There's no such thing as fun for the whole family. - Jerry Seinfeld
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. - Etheridge Knight
My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. - Mark Twain
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. - John J. Plomp
There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent. - A.S. Neill
Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are. - John G. Pollard
I think the family was from Hungaria. (talking about Noah's Ark) - Archie Bunker
The meek shall inherit the world, but they'll never increase market share. - William G McGowan
If we stand tall, it's because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors. - Unknown
My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one. - Diane Lane
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster
My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose your ancestors carefully. - Bertrand Russell
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. - Cicero
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke
Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time. - Grant Cardone
We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment. - Bill Keane
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. - William Glasser
Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one. - Howard K. Nixon
The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. - Lane Olinghouse
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. - Ogden Nash
I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. - Jimmy Fallon
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. - Unknown
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. - Oscar Wilde
What is a family except memories? Haphazard and precious as the contents of a catchall drawer in the kitchen. - Joyce C Oates
I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. - Patrick Chan
My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again. - Anatoly Karpov
As a family we couldn't decide whether to have Grandma buried or cremated, so in the end we decided to let her live. - Gary Delaney
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. - Joseph Addison
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended - and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. - Robert Frost
The family should be a place where each new human being can have an early atmosphere conducive to the development of constructive creativity. - Edith Schaeffer
Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. - Phyllis Diller
How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father’s or mother's life? - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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