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Progress Quotes by Charles Darwin
- I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things. As far as I can conjecture the art consists in…
- Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable…
- History shows that the human mind, fed by constant accessions of knowledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical coverings, and bursts them asunder to…
- The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be…
- False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little…
- I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to admit. Remember what…
- 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…
- The tree of life should perhaps be called the coral of life, base of branches dead; so that passages cannot be seen-this again offers contradiction…
More Progress Quotes
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life. — W. E. B. Du Bois
- The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work… — Eli Broad
- Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough… — Eric Milner-White
- People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are… — John Kenneth Galbraith
- Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits… — John F. Kennedy
- Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage. — Oscar Wilde
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that… — Mark Twain