Quotes About Progress

Oggi non è che un giorno qualunque di tutti i giorni che verranno, ma ciò che farai in tutti i giorni che verranno dipende da quello che farai oggi.

He wants to stay in the whirl of his own weakness. But the river is coming. By being forced to change, he'll be powerful in change.

He dressed and unbolted

Pensé que todas las generaciones se pierden por algo y siempre se han perdido y siempre se perderán.

Non c'è nulla di nobile nell'essere superiore a qualcun altro. La vera nobiltà consiste nell'essere superiore a chi eravamo ieri.

New means must be discovered to find room for us under the sun. Shall this be done by war or can it be done by peaceful methods? Or will we all have to move to Canada? Our deepest convictions—will Science upset them? Our civilization—is it inferior to older orders of things?

Then that the afternoon should come; that it should come flying.

Por entonces, ya había descubierto que todo, lo bueno y lo malo, deja un vacío cuando se interrumpe. Pero si se trata de algo malo, el vacío va llenándose por sí solo. Mientras que el vacío de algo bueno sólo puede llenarse descubriendo algo mejor.

Por entonces, ya había descubierto que todo, lo bueno y lo malo, deja un vacío cuando se interrumpe. Pero si se trata de algo malo, el vacío acaba llenándose por sí solo. Mientras que el vacío de algo bueno solo puede llenarse descubriendo algo mejor.

Al acercarse a los cuarenta años, Ernest Hemingway se había transformado en una peculiar figura

It was wonderful to walk down the long flights of stairs knowing that I'd had good luck working. I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.

There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. -

And I thought to myself, What am I doing? Am I reaching them at all? They are acting exactly as the old men did earlier. They are fifty years younger, maybe more, but doing the same thing those old men did who never attended school a day in their lives. Is it just a vicious circle? Am I doing anything?

You wanted the past changed, Reverend Martin," she told him. "Even He can't do that. So that leaves nothing but the future. We work toward the future.

The easiest way to get rid of an unwanted conditioned response is to substitute a better response.

a journey becomes a pilgrimage as we discover, day by day, that the distance traveled is less important than the experience gained.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day

No dreaming may stand still, for this bodes no good. But if it becomes a dreaming ahead, then its cause appears quite differently and excitingly alive. The dim and weakening features, which may be characteristic of mere yearning, disappears; and then yearning can show what it really is able to accomplish.

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Success will lie to you and tell you that your future is just an extension of your past, when at its best, success is simply preparation for new challenges.

You also can't move forward into your future when you are paralyzed by fear.