Wisdom Quote by Margaret Drabble — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Auntie Phyl's last months in the care home were extra pieces. Age is unnecessary. Some of us, like my mother, are fortunate enough to die swiftly and suddenly, in full possession of our faculties and our fate, but more and more of us will be condemned to linger, at the mercy of anxious or indifferent relatives, careless strangers, unwanted medical interventions, increasing debility, incontinence, memory loss. We live too long, but, like the sibyl hanging in her basket in the cave at Cumae, we find it hard to die.”

“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.”

“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”

“You can't be a rebel without the scars that come with it. Truth is, some days scars are just as ugly as they are beautiful.”

“It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.”

“Show the youth the consequences of their actions and why they should choose wisely”

“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”

“The ordinary man gets motivation from power and fame. The superior finds motivation in meaning and work itself.”