Filial piety is not about money, nor about fine clothing and food, but about love. Here are some inspirational quotes about respecting the elderly that I have compiled for your reference!

Famous quotes about respecting the elderly 1

1. If father and son do not believe in each other, the family will not be in harmony. ?Wu Zetian

2. Those who have internal harmony will have a prosperous family. ?Lin Bu

3. Everyone has a heart of kindness and filial piety. ?Su Che

4. Elders should stand, children should not sit. Elders should sit, and it is their destiny to sit. In front of elders, one should keep one's voice low, but it is not appropriate to not listen. If you advance, you must move forward, but if you retreat, you must be late. When asked, don’t look away. ?Li Yuxiu

5. All parents love their children. ?Chen Hongmou

6. When serving elders, your voice is easy to be solemn. Do not shout loudly for trivial matters. ?Zhou Bingqing

7. Whoever says nothing about grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring. ?Meng Jiao

8. Honoring parents can often replace the noblest feelings. ?Meng Ke

9. Mother is the only force that can make death surrender. ?Gorky

10. All the glory and pride in the world come from mother. ?Golky

11. Mother’s love is better than all love. ?Shakespeare

12. To raise a filial son is to be happy with his heart and not against his ambition. ?"Book of Rites"

13. There are three kinds of filial piety: first, respecting relatives, secondly, not being humiliated, and secondly, being able to support. ?"Book of Rites"

14. It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear. "The Analects of Confucius"

15. When Meng Wubo asked about filial piety, Confucius said: "Parents only worry about their illness." "The Analects of Confucius? For Politics"

Famous aphorisms about respecting the elderly 2

1. Love what your parents love, and respect what your parents love. ?Confucius

2. The elders and the younger are in order. ?Mencius

　3. Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young. ?Mencius

4. The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives. ?Mencius

5. Only being filial to your parents can relieve your worries. ?Mencius

6. Father and son have relatives, monarch and ministers have righteousness, husband and wife have differences, elders and children have relationships, and friends have trust. ?Mencius

7. In matters, which one is greater? To do things personally is the greatest thing; to guard oneself, which one is greatest? To guard oneself is the greatest thing. I have heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies; I have not heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies. Who is not doing things? Serving relatives is the foundation of things; who is not doing things? Guarding oneself is the foundation of keeping things. ?Mencius

8. The true form of benevolence is to serve relatives; the true form of righteousness is to obey elder brothers. ?Mencius

9. If you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a son. ?Mencius

10. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the ruler of the world does not share them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one joy; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is two joys; being able to educate the world's talents and educating them is three joys. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. ?Mencius

11. There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world, four of which are laziness and neglect of parents' support. The first is unfilial; gambling and drinking, regardless of parents' support are unfilial. The second is unfilial; being fond of goods and wealth and having an unfilial wife The third kind of unfilial piety is to ignore the support of parents; the fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents according to the desires of the ears and eyes; the fifth kind of unfilial piety is to be brave and aggressive, endangering one's parents. ?Mencius

12. Only being filial to your parents can relieve your worries. ?Mencius

13. Without a father and a king, he is just a beast. ?Mencius

14. The good and the bad cannot be separated, if fate cannot be changed, if good and evil cannot be moved. ?"Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

15. A filial son does not flatter his relatives, and a loyal minister does not flatter his emperor. This is the prosperity of ministers. ?Zhuangzi

Famous aphorisms about respecting the elderly 3

1. To serve your loved ones, do not choose the right place to make them safe, this is the utmost filial piety. ?Zhuangzi

2. In the eyes of parents, children are always a part of themselves, and children are an opportunity for their ideal self to come back again. ?Fei Xiaotong

3. The elderly are like history and drama, which can serve as a reference for our lives. ?(Ancient Rome) Cicero

4. Start, child, start getting to know your mother with a smile! ?(Ancient Rome) Virgil

5. The ceremonial person , the long and short continue, there is more than enough damage, but not enough benefit, it expresses the words of love and respect, and nourishes the beauty of righteousness. ? ?"The Classic of Filial Piety? The Holy Chapter"

7. Parents are the foundation of human beings. ?Sima Qian

8. Respecting relatives is more beautiful than three animals. ?Zhiyu

9. When an elder asks, don’t bully him; when an elder orders, don’t be late in doing it; when an elder gives a gift, don’t dare to refuse. ?Zhou Bingqing

10. He who attaches great importance to property but despises his parents is not a good son.

?Zhu Bailu

11. Losing a loving mother is like a flower in a vase. Although it still has color and fragrance, it has lost its roots. ?Lao She

12. Respect for the elderly is the most beautiful privilege of the human spirit. ?(French) Stendhal

13. Old age, like a nightingale, should have its nocturne. ? (Germany) Kant

14. There is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world, and that is the call of mother. ?Dante

　15. There is nothing that can replace a mother. ?Ba Jin

16. Goodwill brings happiness, and civilization brings harmony. ?(French) Hugo

17. If a person makes his mother sad, no matter how prominent his status is, no matter how famous he is, he is a despicable person. ?(Italy) Amici

　18. Being respected in old age is the first privilege that appears in human society. ?(Far) La Fargue

19. We should be considerate of the elderly as we would treat children. ? (Germany) Goethe

20. Parents should be good at hiding all their happiness, worries and fears in front of their children.

?(UK) Bacon