Progress Quotes

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I still hold. . .that the suburbs ought to be either glorified by romance and religion or else destroyed by fire from heaven, or even… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To hurry through one's leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
This is the age in which thin and theoretic minorities can cover and conquer unconscious and untheoretic majorities. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The past is not what it was. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
By bravely enduring our trials, we learn humility, compassion for others, and a great reliance on God. We also learn that our happiness and progress… — Lloyd D. Newell
Adversity is the mother of progress. — Mahatma Gandhi
We've poisoned the air, the water, and the land. In our passion to control nature, things have gone out of control. Progress from now on… — Robert Redford
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable dynamics of something… — Aberjhani
Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings... The books are also a part of what I… — Aberjhani
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer
Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred that they will continue to… — Herbert Spencer
Every right has its responsibilities. Like the right itself, these responsibilities stem from no man-made law, but from the very nature of man and society.… — Lewis B. Schwellenbach
I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of civilization,… — Culbert Olson
In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I passed around a… — Louis Agassiz
I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization. — George Cayley
Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not those obstacles that inhibit your… — Douglas Smith
The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly destiny. It will… — Julian Huxley
Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough to need no… — Eric Milner-White
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress… — John Climacus

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