Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.
The least anyone can do is pay attention to their parents and people who are elder to them.
I was pretty much a goody-two shoes at school - a bit boring, didn't get in trouble with teachers - it was classical Yorkshire: a lot of respect to your elders. Once I started playing cricket that sort of slipped away.
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
When you get to be my age, baby, you have to pay time more respect.
Anybody over 40 is an older person. You better give them some respect.
Listen to your parents; respect them. They are well wishers.
old folks is the nation.
Just as kids need to learn to respect their elders, we are a society that increasingly respects our youth.
When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you’d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.
I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.
No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.
As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.
The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.
We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.
I came back from Standing Rock, and one of the things that struck me was their respect for elders. It was something that I felt like I needed to work on in my life.
I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.
People say, 'Respect your elders,' but I always go, 'Respect your young people because they are our future.'
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
