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 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. 
All reformers are bachelors.
All reformers are bachelors.
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
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself.
 Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that 
the new man may be raised read more 
 Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that 
the new man may be raised up in them. 
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
The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.