An elder is someone who understands that the world belongs to the dead. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“When you choose an elder, you renounce your own will and yield it to him in complete submission, complete” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“To have her respond in kind, unhindered by the Elder, was an ecstasy I wanted to lose myself in forever.” — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
“...So, I do what any reasonable person would do when faced with a crying girl. I get the frex out of there.” — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world… — Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey Copy Share Image
“Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. “Not exactly stalwart, are you?” he said.” — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
What an elder will sit down to see, even when a child climb an Oyoko tree he/she ll never see — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don’t cluster too much plans to do within a relatively minimum time. As beginner, you must not cut your coat according to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps… — Yanni Copy Share Image
The 'crownd' is still the unit, the favourite coin of the labourers, especially the elder folk. They use the word something in… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
I used to think that elder love, if it even existed, was confined to rocking chairs or golf carts, that it had… — Nora Johnson Copy Share Image
Because of the earlier loss of the two elder siblings, my brother and I lived a very pampered and protected life. Nursemaids… — Charles K. Kao Copy Share Image
“Anybody messes with the girls, we’ll take care of him right smart,” the elder Wurm assured Ian. “It’s not that hard,” the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry for what I’m about to do. I’m sorry for what I am. You’re worth pennies, but I’ll make you worth… — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
“THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINS Laugh, I tell you And you will turn back The hands of time. Smile, I tell you And… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“I spoke the hardest words and almost broke: 'There is another kinsman still More close to you than I. He will Be… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I run and run and run. Past the hospital, through the garden, past a pond. And to the cold metal wall. I… — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
“First, the Bible says that an elder must be of irreproachable moral character and capable in the use of Scripture because he… — Alexander Strauch Copy Share Image
I want to be revered. I want to be an elder; I want to be an elderess. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Listen to your elder's advice. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong... — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
“I might have the whole world now, but it's not enough if I don't get to share it with her.” — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The Elder is called Dee, first-born, of the Yarbrough lineage, whose landname is VaWaco.” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“But...If my life on Earth must end, let it end with a promise. Let it end with hope.” — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
“Of everyone on this ship, even the frozen bodies of my parents, Elder's the only one who handed me truth and waited… — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization. — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
“Aging is dreaded the most by people whose income is entirely dependent on their looks.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
