Honoring Our Elders Quotes & Sayings

What Kinds of Circumstances Called for Courage in Paton's Life? He had courage to overcome the criticism he received from respected elders for going to the New Hebrides. A Mr. Dickson exploded, "The cannibals! You will be eaten by cannibals!" The memory of Williams and Harris on Erromanga was only 19 years old. But to this Paton responded: Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my Resurrection body will rise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer (56). — Anonymous

The Creator must have been tired when it came time to make men; sometimes they hardly seemed human. And — Robert Jordan

If we want to be respected and honored when we're older, then we must lay the groundwork by respecting and honoring the elders we meet in our lives today. How we treat them today is the way we'll be treated later. — Louise Hay

Following Jesus is a verb. — Mark Batterson

Oh, that that old man in Westmoreland would die and be gathered to his fathers, now that he was full of years and ripe for the sickle! But there was no sign of death about the old man. — Anthony Trollope

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past. — Chris Bohjalian

It's disheartening to read the really negative stuff, but at the same time, I know who I am, and I'm comfortable with myself. — Austin Carlile

Today and every day, live and lead the memory you want to leave behind. — Jon Mertz

My favourite superhero is obviously Batman because he's the sexiest. But I can't imagine myself as Batman. — Jamie Bell

As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb. — Famke Janssen

The point of power is always in the present moment. — Louise L. Hay