Elder Quotes

136 Elder quotes by 117 unique authors

At 82, Nelson (who wrote the song "On the Road Again," among a thousand or more others) is the elder statesman of country music, a… — Willie Nelson
It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has… — John Wilkins
What a learned idea! Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and… — Brigham Young
Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father… — Brigham Young
I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space, and of those… — H P Lovecraft
After man there would be the mighty beetle civilisation, the bodies of whose members the cream of the Great Race would seize when the monstrous… — H P Lovecraft
If we have Christ with us, we can do all things. Let us not be thinking how weak we are. Let us lift up our… — Dwight L. Moody
Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to… — Henri Nouwen
Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who… — Joe Klein
I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about… — Hilary Mantel
You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers. — Pope John Paul II
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. — John Updike
As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best… — Alice Walker
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have… — Alice Walker
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. — Earl Wilson
When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone… — Viswanathan Anand
Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else. — Oscar Wilde
And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The world was fair, the mountains tall In Elder Days before the fall... — J.R.R. Tolkien
Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions litterâ€™d in one day, and I the elder and more… — William Shakespeare

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117 authors contributed a total of 136 Elder Quotes, led by these top contributors: