The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. – Oliver Goldsmith Category: Reform, Correction
If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne Category: Reform, Correction
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Reform, Correction
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. – Alexander Herzen Category: Reform, Correction
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. – Amos Bronson Alcott Category: teacher
The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it… Beware of me, it says, but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Oceans
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. – Charles de Gaulle Category: respect
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. – Laurence J. Peter Category: Failure
