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A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes has… — Confucius
I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress. — Maurice Wilkins
When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect â€” but do not believe him. Never put your… — Linus Pauling
We may, I believe, anticipate that the chemist of the future who is interested in the structure of proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and other complex… — Linus Pauling
Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight. — Max Frisch
Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress. — Paul Dirac
It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one's equations, and if one has really a sound… — Paul Dirac
I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than… — Charles Lindbergh
The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken. — Kenneth Burke
Vanity Fair has but two major articles in its editorial creed: first, to believe in the progress and promise of American life, and, second, to… — Frank Crowninshield
Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. — William McKinley
How can you help the human race progress? — Simon Sinek
When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes… — Simon Sinek
To progress is always to begin again. — Tullian Tchividjian
Progress of a marriage: There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy. — Irving Layton
We cannot point to a single definitive solution of any one of the problems that confront us â€” political, economic, social or moral, that is,… — Peter Medawar
It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed… — Vincent Van Gogh
The beauty of progress is that it makes it easier for you to carve out a space to be nonproductive. — Greg Gutfeld
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. — Niels Henrik Abel
As long as algebra and geometry have been separated, their progress have been slow and their uses limited; but when these two sciences have been… — Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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