All time Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

— George Bernard Shaw

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

— E. W. Howe

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

— Lydia M. Child

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

— George Bernard Shaw

The true reformer does not want time, nor money, nor coöperation, nor advice. What is time but the stuff delay is made of? And…

— Henry David Thoreau

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Edward Gibbon

No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be…

— Gore Vidal

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

Antonio Gramsci said that social reformers should have pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will. This means that one must have the…

— Andrew Solomon

It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.

— Henry David Thoreau

I have a message for the world, which I will deliver without fear and care for the future. To the reformers I will point…

— Swami Vivekananda