In February 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump promised $6 million in donations, including $1 million from his own pocket, to charities along his campaign trail. But by the time he won the New Hampshire primary, he had stopped giving away money and had donated far less than his pledged amount.
Examples of Filial Piety (14th Century CE) According to Chinese tradition, filial piety (hsiao) was the primary duty of all Chinese. Being a filial son meant complete obedience to one's parents during their lifetime and--as they grew older--taking the best possible care of them.
In 1 Timothy 5:4, piety is used to refer to one s duty of caring for elderly family members. Piety implies aspects of reverence, external action, and religiosity, any of which may be well-intended or used in a showy, inappropriate manner. person who shows great devotion to God through religious observance is said to be pious. Today, piety often carries a vaguely negative connotation, evidenced by the secondary definition provided by one dictionary: a belief that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverenceâthe accepted pieties of our time.