- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Elders Quotes
Quotes honoring the wisdom and guidance of elders.
This collection of elders quotes centers on the wisdom passed down by older generations, including reflections on seeking out Native elders and learning patience from their teachings.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the youngest of nine siblings... I lost my father when I was just 13. For me, the elders have been my gods.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd never been religious, but I'd always obeyed my elders. My decision to become an omnivore was fraught, not because it was a religious transgression but because it was my first act of self-assertion as a young adult.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of expecting truck drivers and warehouse workers to rapidly retrain so they can compete with tireless, increasingly capable machines, let's play to their human strengths and create opportunities for workers as companions and caregivers for our elders, our children, and our special-needs population.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.
- Censored
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Afghanistan, I was talking to Afghan elders who were world-weary of a lack of sustained attention from their own government and from the international community to stop problems early.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as kids need to learn to respect their elders, we are a society that increasingly respects our youth.
- Party
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- Nov 07, 2020