Progress Quotes

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Is civilization progress? The challenge, I think, is clear; and, as clearly, the final answer will be given not by our amassing of knowledge, or… — Charles Lindbergh
The progress of life shows a man the stuff of which he is made. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Dear Night! this world's defeat; The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat Which none disturb!… — Henry Vaughan
It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty. — Gottfried Leibniz
Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners. — Ephrem the Syrian
For me the beginning of all true progress in the woman question lies in women's right to vote...The strong the emphasis on the difference between… — Hedwig Dohm
I think that in order to achieve progress in the study of language and human cognitive faculties in general it is necessary first to establish… — Noam Chomsky
Public life, politics and industry should all of them be within our sphere of influence.... If we are to infiltrate the professional and social activities… — John Rawlings Rees
Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe.… — Brooke Westcott
As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over the rude materialities… — Isabella Beeton
To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront… — Wendell Willkie
If we evolved a race of Isaac Newtons, that would not be progress. For the price Newton had to pay for being a supreme intellect… — Aldous Huxley
The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every… — Noah Webster
Social progress makes the well-being of all more and more the business of each. — Henry George
The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress. — Henry Latham Doherty
There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, "I am willing that my business should prosper,… — Charles W. Nibley
Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos. — Joyce Grenfell
The leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'Wrong jungle!' ... Busy, efficient producers and managers often… — Stephen Covey
I never travel across this great nation without experiencing a feeling of gratitude and thanksgiving for all that we have and are. As I see… — Ezra Taft Benson
Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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