There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother.
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American Civil Rights Leader
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
—Frank Herbert (1920–86) American Science Fiction Writer
We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves.—Fear, desire, and hope are still pushing us on toward the future.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American Head of State, Lawyer
The never-ending task of self improvement.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Change is one thing, progress another. “Change” is scientific, “progress” is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
New roads; new ruts.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
—Lou Holtz (1893–1980) American Stage Performer
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
Men of great genius and large heart sow the seeds of a new degree of progress in the world, but they bear fruit only after many years.
—Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–72) Italian Patriot, Political Leader
Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.
—Thaddeus Golas (1924–97) American New Age Writer
Opportunity makes a thief.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902) British Victorian Novelist, Essayist, Critic
Every age has its problem, by solving which, humanity is helped forward.
—Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German Poet, Writer
He is only advancing in life, whose heart is getting softer, his blood warmer, his brain quicker, and his spirit entering into living peace.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles L. Allen (1913–2005) American Methodist Minister, Inspirational Author
Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!
—Og Mandino (1923–96) American Self-Help Author
The price of progress is trouble.
—Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
—Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) American Politician
The individual and the race are always moving; and as we drift into new latitudes new lights open in the heavens ttore immediately over us.
—Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814–80) American Preacher, Poet
Wildness and silence disappeared from the countryside, sweetness fell from the air, not because anyone wished them to vanish or fall but because throughways had to floor the meadows with cement to carry the automobiles which advancing technology produced. Tropical beaches turned into high-priced slums where thousand-room hotels elbowed each other for glimpses of once-famous surf not because those who loved the beaches wanted them there but because enormous jets could bring a million tourists every year—and therefore did.
—Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982) American Poet, Dramatist
To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Artist
Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.
—Alexander Herzen (1812–70) Russian Revolutionary, Writer
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.
—Tryon Edwards (1809–94) American Theologian, Author
Progress in meditation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.
—Patanjali Indian Hindu Philosopher, Poet, Writer
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
Commit to CANI!—Constant And Never-ending Improvement.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
Life does not stand still. Where there is no progress there is disintegration. Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worth while.
—Grenville Kleiser (1868–1935) Canadian Author
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