You May Also Like / View all maxioms
 Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their 
reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. read more 
 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. 
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over read more
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
 The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
 And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.  
 The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
 And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.