Famous aphorisms about filial piety and respect for the elderly:

1. If you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a person; if you don’t obey relatives, you can’t be a son. ——Mencius

2. There is order between elders and young ones. ——Mencius

3. The elders stand, the young do not sit. The elders sit, 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

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

5. After becoming a mother, female beauty is like a blooming flower, radiating all its strength and beauty. ——Suhomlinsky

6. The ugly sea monster is not as scary as the ungrateful children. ——(UK) Shakespeare

7. A loving mother’s heart is intertwined with her baby as early as pregnancy. ——Dickens

8. Charity extends to close relatives, but it should not end there. ——Fuller

9. Everyone has a heart of kindness and filial piety. ——Su Che

10. For children, the value of parents’ charity is that it is more reliable and trustworthy than any other emotion. ——Russell

11. All parents love their children. ——Chen Hongmou

12. Parental love should be like this: it can inspire children to care about the world around them and everything created by people, and inspire their enthusiasm to serve the people. ——Suhomlinsky

13. The virtue of parents is a huge wealth. ——Horace

14. Parents and children are the best gifts to each other. ——Weis Guan

15. Parents are the foundation of people.

——Sima Qian