Progress Quotes

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The spirit is never at rest, but always engaged in progressive motion, giving itself new form. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes. — Thomas Huxley
Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage. — Oscar Wilde
It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show… — Marya Mannes
Each little thing that we do passes into the great machine of life which may grind our virtues to powder and make them worthless, or… — Oscar Wilde
Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end. — Michel de Montaigne
Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors. — Alan Sugar
Religion is a superstition that originated in man`s mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has always been stumbling… — Emma Goldman
Thought is essentially practical in the sense that but for thought no motion would be an action, no change a progress. — George Santayana
Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change,… — Theodore Levitt
We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be… — Burt Rutan
Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will… — Morris Raphael Cohen
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. — Bernard Berenson
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power… — Dalai Lama
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations. — Berthold Auerbach
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede… — Mark Twain
We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way. — Surya Das
Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as… — William Ames
There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion. — Dalai Lama

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