The famous sayings about respecting the elderly are as follows:

1. Old people are like old people, and young people are like young people. ——Mencius

2. The good and the bad cannot be separated. If fate cannot be changed, if good and evil cannot be moved. ——Confucius

3. There are three types of filial piety: first, respecting relatives, secondly, not being humiliated, and secondly, being able to support others. ——Book of Rites

4. My father gave birth to me, and my mother bowed to me. Take care of me without mercy, treat me without illness. ——The Book of Songs

5. If you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a son. ——Mencius

6. Father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are distinguished, elders and young are in order, and friends have trust. ——Mencius

7. Goodwill brings happiness, and civilization brings harmony. ——Hugo

8. Repaying parents for their nurturing kindness is also a respect for human labor. ——Spoken

9. When you serve your elders, your voice is easy to be solemn. Do not shout loudly for trivial matters. ——Zhu Zi

10. For those who care for their relatives, they should make peace with them regardless of the location, which is the utmost filial piety. ——Zhuangzi

11. Be as happy as youth when you are old! Youth, like a lark, has its morning song; old age, like a nightingale, should have its nocturne. ——Kant

12. Know how to respect your elders when you are young, and you can only be respected by others when you are old. ——Chen Kang

13. Respect for the elderly is the most beautiful privilege of the human spirit. ——Stendhal

14. If relatives are not harmonious, the family will fail. ——Lincoln

15. The foundation of a family is undoubtedly the parents’ love for their newborn daughter, which is the product of love. ——Makarian

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16. Whoever speaks of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring. ——Meng Jiao

17. The greatest love for your parents is to take care of yourself. ——Joy Chabot

18. Gentle language is absolutely indispensable in the family of kind people. ——Indian proverb

19. Today’s filial piety means being able to provide for others. As for dogs and horses, you can keep them. Disrespect, why bother! ——Confucius

20. Goodwill brings happiness, and civilization brings harmony. ——Hugo

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

22. How similar mothers are all over the world! Their hearts are always the same. Every mother has an extremely pure heart. ——Whitman

23. We should be considerate of the elderly as we would treat children. ——Goethe

24. The ugly sea monster is not as scary as the ungrateful children. ——Shakespeare

25. Kindness and beating begin at home. ——Beaumont and Fletcher