Quotes about Elders

Explore a curated collection of 27 quotes about Elders at QuotesRead.com. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words on Elders from famous authors and thinkers around the world.

In Western Civilization, our elders are books. — Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild: Essays
D'you know, Georgie," he said, settling back comfortably in the deep grass, that there song you've been a-singin' at all — Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill
Each young person is a poet of sorts, trying to sort out the poetics of their inner life and its relation to the great w — Michael Meade, The Genius Myth
What I mean is that modern women like you are all, to a greater or lesser extend, hard...It's the yearning. Plainly and — Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera, The Awakening of Miss Prim
Mentoring is an archetypal activity that has timeless elements which can connect us to the universal ground where nature — Michael Meade, The Genius Myth
Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the el — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in — Christopher Hitchens
Without knowing it, the adults in our lives practiced a most productive kind of behavior modification. After our chores — Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Energy is a being yet is not. For it to materialise it must be pure thus it turns into a crystal like form.That is the t — Kia Carrington-Russell
The young man pities his elders, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pities the younger gene — Lynda I Fisher
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. — Eudora Welty, On Writing
One of the things I enjoy about being young is learning from my elders without them giving direct advise. — Unarine Ramaru
He pulled out handcuffs and snapped them around my wrists. "Where's your bag? You didn't bring your staff?""I have it. I — Suzanne Johnson, Pirate's Alley
My mother had a kindness that embraced all life.She knew her place well and was comfortable in giving everything she had — Dan George
Most teenage girls don't give old people the time of day which is sad because all old people do all the time is think ab — Aimee Bender, The Color Master: Stories
The world is in me and you are not even in the world yet. — Warren Eyster, The Goblins of Eros
I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man! — Rebecca McKinsey, Anterria
Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright. — Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
The fact that social media has leveled the playing field doesn't offer you the right to disrespect the elderly — Bernard Kelvin Clive
Oh, no, no, you've got that all wrong. You're not required to respect elders. After all, most people are idiots, regardl — Sherman Alexie, The Toughest Indian in the World