I was the youngest of nine siblings. . . I lost my father when I was just 13. For me, the elders have been my gods.
Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it.
I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.
In Western Civilization, our elders are books.
You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.
A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.
A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.
Ruling elders are declared to be the representatives of the people.
Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"
The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.
The Elders would go forth, and each must stand for himself. . . to go in all meekness, in sobriety, and preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified; not to contend with others on account of their faith, or systems of religion, but pursue a steady course. This I delivered by way of commandment; and all who observe it not, will pull down persecution upon their heads, while those who do, shall always be filled with the Holy Ghost; this I pronounced as a prophecy, and sealed with hosanna and amen.
The playthings of our elders are called business.
I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.
I expect to see the day when the Elders of Israel will protect and sustain civil and religious liberty and every Constitutional right bequeathed to us by our fathers, and spread these rights abroad in connection with the Gospel for the salvation of all nations. I shall see this whether I live or die.
Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you’d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.
An elder is someone who understands that the world belongs to the dead.
I think more and more people are recognizing how much adults and elders are actually needed. That's a gift of the sibling society.