William Shakespeare Quotes

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.

I always gave my moms and pops the utmost respect. I didn't talk back to my peoples. The way they presented themselves to us, we knew. Don't talk back to moms and pops.

God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death

My grandparents came from a typical Marathi family, where they respect the value of rules and regulations.

If I say to my daughter, "Go say 'hi' to Aunt Gertrude," there is a reason there. I'm teaching her manners. I think the idea that she'll say 'hi' to Aunt Gertrude only if she wants to is the biggest crock of silliness I've ever heard. Yet I meet people everyday who were clearly brought up to think that if they didn't want to say "hi" to Aunt Gertrude, that was fine.

When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.

I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death

To despise legitimate authority, no matter in whom it is invested, is unlawful; it is rebellion against God's will.

Be it not for me to raise my hand against my elder brother. Now that my father has passed away, let him take the place of my father in my heart.

We're a nation of latchkey children. Manners start at home, and no one is at home teaching manners so that children have respect for others.

You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.

I'm one of 10 children, and all my brothers call me Jim. And all my sisters... well, they call me something even more affectionate. My mother calls me James, and I do what my mother tells me.

We have a nanny in the house, but there are always times when one of my kids does something bad or wrong, and they'll listen to me more than they do the nanny. So I think it's important to set up that boundary of respect for them at a young age, so they will know, 'I better listen to Mommy.'

If I walk in a home, and a young man disrespects his mother or grandfather, grandmother in front of me, I'm out. Because if that's the case, he respects no one. He is not going to respect me.

I wanted to be a good kid, and I wanted to please my parents.

Would not obeying to my mother's warnings, who is at least 25 years older than me, be returning to the past? And rebelling against her would mean ruining my mother's, who, I am convinced that, is a virtuous high woman, heart and evaluations. I do not find this right, either.