He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Topics: Reform Quotes

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my...

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my...

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most...

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most...

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...