At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.

Quote by Clarence Darrow

Topics: Ageing Quotes, Change Quotes, Reform Quotes, Revolution Quotes

The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up...

The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up...

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

To think is to differ.

To think is to differ.

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend,...

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend,...

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half...

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is...

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is...

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure...

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure...

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is...

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is...

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence...

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence...

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner...

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner...

A God who gave his entire time for 40 years to the work of converting...

A God who gave his entire time for 40 years to the work of converting...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.