Progress Quotes

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Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that… — Victor Hugo
There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels?… — Bertrand Russell
In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music… — Brandon Mull
Donâ€™t follow someone elseâ€™s map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in… — Deepak Chopra
To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search… — Charles Darwin
Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final… — Immanuel Kant
To the exponents of the Perennial Philosophy, the question whether Progress is inevitable or even real is not a matter of primary importance. For them,… — Aldous Huxley
Age had taught him patience. Youth had taught me to get frustrated at the lack of progress. — Jeaniene Frost
I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or… — Henry Ford
We're no longer young men. We've lost any desire to conquer the world. We are refugees. We are fleeing from ourselves. From our lives. We… — Erich Maria Remarque
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. — Robert A. Heinlein
The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to… — Suzanne Collins
I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be… — Lee Kuan Yew
Keynes was a great economist. In every discipline, progress comes from people who make hypotheses, most of which turn out to be wrong, but all… — Milton Friedman
I have always unswervingly held, that God, in our civilizing world, manifests Himself not in the miracles of biblical age, but in progress. It is… — David Mitchell
We are chained hand and foot by protocol, enslaved to a static, empty world where men and women canâ€™t read, where the scientific advances of… — Catherine Fisher
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. — Bill Gates
Zen cuts straight through the Quidditch match in progress and almost gets taken down by a Beater hurling a Nerf quaffle right at his machopartes. — Megan McCafferty
Feelings aren't forever. Time waits for no one, but progress waits for man to enact it. — Lauren Oliver
Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who… — Sri Chinmoy

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