Elders Quotes

308 Elders quotes by 256 unique authors

Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is… — Allan Bloom
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of… — Plutarch
The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Though truth and falsehood be Near twins, yet truth a little elder is. — John Donne
Children know how to be cruel, and the cruelty of their elders is the surest residue of the malaise the young feel toward things strange,… — Carlos Fuentes
Personally, I am more than ever inclined to believe that the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are genuine. Without them I do not… — Nesta Helen Webster
There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so… — Andrew Tobias
Fr. Amphilochios, the geronta or elder on the island of Patmos when I first stayed there, would have been in full agreement. Do you know,… — Kallistos Ware
There are many ways to seek wisdom. There is travel, there are masters, there is service. There is staring into the eyes of children and… — Kent Nerburn
No sooner than I had begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough], than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it.… — Bronislaw Malinowski
I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in… — Jennifer Garner
You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty… — Trevanian
There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and… — John Kufuor
Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal way and count… — Dorotheus of Gaza
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
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his… — Herbert Hoover
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
If the Son was begotten by the Holy Ghost, it would be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females, and give the Holy Ghost to… — 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

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