"There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority."

-- Pratibha Patil

#Erosion Quotes #Effort Quotes #Authority Quotes

“A smart mother suggests that her child bring an apple to his teacher; a smarter mother suggests that he bring a couple of aspirins.”
“Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath, and they spend their entire lives conversing about mankind as if they were robots, and about things as if they have no soul and must be reduced to what can be said about them -- all at the whim of their own subjective inspiration.”
“Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.”
“There is always room for change, but you have to be open to that change.”
“Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world.”
“Vibrate on a frequency that embraces the gifts, growth, and change of others. Accept challenges & failures as part of your journey. Find your light and let it shine. Know your purpose.”
“You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were, - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources. You have put him under quite a different master. Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld (2001). “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.384, Broadview Press
“I'm thinking that I shouldn't have filed my nails last night.”

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