54 Quotes About Elders



  • Author Joseph Bruchac
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    One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.

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  • Author Lisa Brown
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    This is a time for people to come together, let go of differences, recognize their similarities, and share who they are and where they come from. It has been shared by tribal elders that in order for healing to begin, we must let go of resentments or harsh feelings.

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  • Author Mohamed ElBaradei
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    Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities they lack. They have found in social media a way to interact and share ideas, bypassing, in virtual space, the restrictions placed on physical freedom of assembly.

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  • Author David Jones
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    Last summer, there was a meeting of the elders of the tribe at Marty Epstein's house. We were told the theater was in financial trouble and needed new energy and new money.

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  • Author Plutarch
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    Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!

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