Quotes on Progress

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development... For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.

The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

The death of the spirit is the price of progress.

The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love; to which inclinations God responds, and instructs the soul, which co-operates actively. God then puts the soul in a passive state where He accomplishes all, causing great progress, first by way of enjoyment, then by privation, and finally by pure love.

Capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge.

Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility.

If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to succeed in business.

What we want is progress, development, realisation.

We shall progress inch by inch.

We know there is no progress in a straight line.

The progress and civilisation of the human race simply mean controlling this nature.

The progress of the world means more enjoyment and more misery too.

The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves.

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men.