Reforming Society Quotes

#1. You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world.

Lu Xun

#2. To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

Alan Paton

#3. I want that there should be a belief, a faith in the possibility of removing mountains to the side of right. If we believe that war is wrong, as everyone must, then we ought to believe that by proper efforts on our part, it may be done away with.

Lucretia Mott

#4. Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that our leaders are just like us. Just because one candidate can't remember his whole speech and the other likes to put his feet up on the job doesn't mean they can't govern.

Jonathan Powell

#5. I find if you're targeting Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X right from the start, your code will probably work anywhere else that you might try it later ... Writing code that is cross-platform from the start requires more discipline, but I find it is worth the effort.

Ryan C. Gordon

#6. Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we must never forget or abandon.

Marc Morial

#7. In the balance of love and loss, it was love that made me struggle to ... Breathe.

Rebecca Donovan

#8. True love allowed each person to follow their own path, knowing that they would never lose touch with their Soul Mate.

Paulo Coelho

#9. We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words.

Chiang Kai-shek

#10. The compassionate actions of a Buddha are essential to reforming and revitalizing society.

Vinessa Shaw

#11. When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.

James Thurber

#12. Sometimes people try to expose what's wrong with you, because they can't handle what's right about you.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#13. It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.

Hugh Howey

#14. Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

Ezra Taft Benson

#15. ...women, brave as stars at dawn

Edwidge Danticat

#16. With migration [in Europe] you look at the lines and you look at the tremendous amount of young strong men in these lines and you wonder what is going on?

Donald Trump

#17. You praise man who has the ability to perform great actions.
I admire man who can deal with great pain and knows no despair.

Toba Beta

#18. Humans don't mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.

Sebastian Junger