It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling… — John Wilkins Copy Share Image
When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
At about the age of ten, my friends and I discovered the joys of sitting in graveyards drinking merrydown cider and kissing… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I was not yet three years old when my mother determined to send one of my elder sisters to learn to read… — Juana Inés de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“My mother had a kindness that embraced all life. She knew her place well and was comfortable in giving everything she had.… — Dan George Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to approach prayer without a guide, and proudly thinks that he can learn from books, and won't go to an… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young… — Theodore Hesburgh Copy Share Image
In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“In this huge old occidental culture our teaching elders are books. Books are our grandparents!” — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
I'd advise the youth to not get influenced or forced by their elders. They should have own political views and choices and… — Binnu Dhillon Copy Share Image
Whenever I was encouraged by my elders to pick up a book, I was often told, 'Read so as to know the… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one… — George Sand Copy Share Image
A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Everyone in Iran is perceived to be a child with a paternal authority vested in the Guardian Council and the Sufi elders.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
And a refrigerator may hold a basket of strawberries, which would be important if a maniac said to you, "If you don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These same experiences make of the sequence of life cycles a generational cycle, irrevocably binding each generation to those that gave it… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West. — Bernard Lagat Copy Share Image
That some unevangelized men are saved, in the present life, by an extraordinary exercise of redeeming grace in Christ, has been the… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share Image
First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at… — Yuri Kochiyama Copy Share Image
I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success. — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
