“The reformer for whom the world is not good enough finds himself shoulder to shoulder with him that is not good enough for the world.”
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1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
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George Bernard Shaw413
Irish playwright 1856–1950Related quotes
“Her burdens were her own and burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them.”
Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)
Variant: Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.
Source: Gone with the Wind
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer
Odysseus, Book VIII, line 770
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
“A good rider on a good horse, is as much above himself and others, as this world can make him.”
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648) Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher
Source: The Autobiography, P. 39
“The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
Ai Weiwei Twitter feed: @AiWW(4:19 p.m. December 2, 2009).
2000-09, Twitter feeds, 2009
Shimon Peres (1923–2016) Israeli politician, 8th prime minister and 9th president of Israel
As quoted in "Peres: Suspicion over Israeli nukes is good deterrent", Ynetnews (1 September 2007) http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3444458,00.html
