Inspirational Quote by Russell Kirk Download Open image “Sudden and slashing reforms are as perilous as sudden and slashing surgery.” — Russell Kirk ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Love Reform Surgery
Just like in medicine, when the normal medicine no longer works, one resorts to surgery. And the revolutions is like the surgery: It's painful,… — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
“Large-scale reforms usually require either a crisis, which makes them unavoidable, or a framework that builds popular support along with an effective advocate to… — Eswar S Prasad Copy Share Image
Efforts to reform are often met with resistance because the system always tries to fall back to the status quo and what is comfortable. — Robert Fritz Copy Share Image
One of the persistent ironies of reform is the impossibility of predicting the full consequences of change. — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“Only portions of the globe still enslaved by the enemies of the people refrained from congratulating President Zingu and Premier Villiers-Kolama upon the astounding… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“Manfredo -- Your Excellency -- how can you, even you, hope...?" "Life is a jest, and all things show it, my dear," I replied;… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“Today, as in the past, we ought to remind ourselves that the true natural law is not a mere congeries of appetites, and that… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“Men are put into this world, he [the enlightened conservative] realizes, to struggle, to suffer, to contend against the evil that is in their… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Mine was not an Enlightened mind, I now was aware: it was a Gothic mind, medieval in its temper and structure. I did not… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Humility, which Burke ranked high among the virtues, is the only effectual restraint upon this congenital vanity; yet our world has nearly forgotten the… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Rousseau and his disciples were resolved to force men to be free; in most of the world, they triumphed; men are set free from… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“The Conservative Mind describes a cast of intellect or a type of character, an inclination to cherish the permanent things in human existence. On… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
