1,930 Quotes About Progress

What is natural, needs to be looked upon, scrutinized and reshaped by each generation of the world, to make it compatible with the path of progress of a civilized society.

You know that it is the work you did long ago -when it seemed that you weren't making any progress- that makes the jump today possible.

If people doubt you, then you made progress from "who cares?

She watched the tunnels as they flowed past: bare walls of concrete, a net of pipes and wires, a web of rails that went off into black holes where green and red lights hung as distant drops of color. There was nothing else to dilute it, so that one could admire naked purpose and the ingenuity that had achieved it.

Have you ever walked along a beach? You walk towards something in the distance. For the longest while it never seems to get any closer even though you are walking and walking. Then all of a sudden, you are there. You’ve arrived at last. That's what grief is like. Meanwhile we are running with you in the spray of the surf at the edge of the shore where the sand meets the sea. We are cheering you on.

Being righteous and being right are two different things, one indicates morality, another indicates rationality, and we need a healthy balance between both to live and prosper with health, sanity and serenity.

The biggest thing holding you back is you. Start there.

Don’t get discouraged or compare yourself to people. Focus on improving yourself each day, slowly but surely.

Progress isn't achieved by preachers or guardians of morality, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and sceptics