To discard what is unwanted, and to retain what is needed, is what reform means. – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Reforms are not just words on a page, they are actions that lead to real change.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. – James J. Walker
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. – Howard Zinn
Adversity makes you realize that you are weak & must reform.
Fear not to reform. – Confucius
The greatest reformation should be among those who have been the greatest sinners. – Joseph Addison
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother. – Victor Hugo
Reform lets in light through the dark curtain of ignorance and superstition. – H. S. Jacobs
To begin a reform, go not into the places of the great and rich; go rather to those whose cups of happiness are empty-to the poor and humble. – Lew Wallace
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. – Lydia Maria Child
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself. – Voltaire
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
My desolation does begin to make A better life. – William Shakespeare
Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass. – Rebecca Harding Davis
Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform. – Derrick A. Bell
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. – Mark Twain
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights. – B. R. Ambedkar
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