All reformers are bachelors. – George A. Moore
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example – Mark Twain
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
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. – Edward W. Howe
Public reformers had need first practice on their own hearts that which they propose to try on others. – King Charles I
It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone. – Oscar Wilde
To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful. – George Santayana
The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life – Oscar Wilde
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. – Edward Bulwer Lytton
All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence. – William Cowper
Whatever you dislike in another person, take care to reform in yourself. – Thomas Spratt
You do not reform a world by ignoring it. – George Bush
Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world. – John lancaster spalding
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now. – Mort Sahl
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves – George Bernard Shaw
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation. – Susan B. Anthony
Neither fire, sword, nor banishment can retard reform, but it rather hastens it forward. – Jaques Auguste De Thou
Reform is China’s second revolution. – Deng Xiaoping
My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world. – Faye Wattleton
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