Firsts Quote by Charles I of England

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Hard work and results should be recognized by others, but when they aren't, advocating for oneself becomes necessary. As discussed earlier, this must be…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Our main mandate in our place of work is to make sure that the people open up their hearts to others”

— Sunday Adelaja

Should [reformers] attempt more than the established habits of the people are ripe for, they may lose all and retard indefinitely the ultimate object…

— Thomas Jefferson

Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity.

— George Bernard Shaw

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

— Nelson Mandela

It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future reformation.

— Edward Gibbon

This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowned by those who are only too…

— Doris Lessing

We were good reformers, but we weren't good enough. We elected a candidate and then, busy with our own affairs, we left him hanging…

— Margaret Case Harriman

We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.

— Pearl Bailey

It generally troubles them [the reformers] not a whit that their remedy implies a complete reconstruction of society, or even a reconstitution of human…

— William Graham Sumner