“I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they have or have not judgment, penetration or taste to perform the task.” KnowsChildrenParentTasteDirectorsJudgmentReflectionTasksManagementMelancholySolePenetration Author:Sir Fulke Greville
“When Shakespeare copied chroniclers verbatim, it was because he knew they were good enough for his audiences. In a more polished age he who could so move our passions, could surely have performed the easier task of satisfying our taste.” EnoughAgeMovingPassionAudienceEasierTasteTasksGood EnoughSatisfyingPolished Author:Horace Walpole
“Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can convert every work into one that suits his taste. No work is petty. Everything in this world is like a banyan seed, which, though appearing tiny as a mustard seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent with it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and succeeds in making all work truly great.” IfsMenWorldHeartTreeThis WorldFoolTasteSucceedTasksIntelligentAccomplishSeedsTinySuitsPettyAppearingLatentIntelligent ManMustardMustard Seed Book:Personality Development Source: Personality Development
“Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils' taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition.” ShouldTeacherTasteTasksCarefulAll TimeSpoilPupilsImposition Book:South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 Source: South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
“When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out to be in terms of daily life. We gave up the aroma of warm bread rising, the measured pace of nurturing routines, the creative task of molding our families' tastes and zest for life; we received in exchange the minivan and the Lunchable.” TermCareersCreativeInfluenceEconomicTasteDevilTasksIndependenceWarmBreadOur FamilyRisingDaily LifePaceWorldlyGave UpBargainsNurturingZestAromaMoldingHomemakingZest For LifeEconomic IndependenceMinivans Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.” IfsInspirationalHeartInspiringFoolTasteTasksIntelligentAccomplishSuits Author:Swami Vivekananda