Quotes About Progress

Quien desea de corazón ser mejor, tiene medio camino hecho

Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them.

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end

And I've succeeded beyond my hopes, for here you are, a steady, sensible businessman, doing heaps of good with your money, and laying up the blessings of the poor, instead of dollars. But you are not merely a businessman, you love good and beautiful things, enjoy them yourself, and let others go halves, as you always did in the old times. I am proud of you, Teddy, for you get better every year, and everyone feels it, though you

Of course it was uphill work at first, and Jo made queer mistakes, but the wise Professor steered her safely into calmer waters

necessity being the mother of invention

Keep bobbing, and we'll come right by and by.

Rather a rough road for you to travel, my little pilgrims, especially the latter part of it. But you have got on bravely, and I think the burdens are in a fair way to tumble off very soon

The big house did prove a Palace Beautiful, though it took some time for

It's highly virtuous to say we'll be good, but we can't do it all at once, and it takes a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together before some of us even get our feet set in the right way.

Afrontar la crítica es la mejor prueba para el trabajo porque permite descubrir virtudes y defectos insospechados, además de que sirve de guía para mejorar en la siguiente ocasión.

I had a very happy New Year, after all; and when I thought it over in my room, I felt as if I was getting on a little in spite of my many failures; for I'm cheerful all the time now, work with a will, and take more interest in other people than I used to, which is satisfactory. Bless you all!

então eu as aconselho a pegar novamente seus pequenos fardo, pois embora às vezes pareçam pesados, nos fazem bem. e ficam mais leves conforme aprendemos a carregá-los.

eu sigo virando páginas e estragando-as, como costumava estragar meus cadernos de exercício, e faço tantos começos que nunca haverá um fim.

for you belong to the old set, and I to the new; you will get on the best, but I shall have the liveliest time of it

Never mind being bashful, it won't last long if you keep going

When we begin a new project, as embryonic or unsatisfactory as our early work may seem, we're readying ourselves for the deeper work that comes later. We learn about ourselves as writers. We establish our work's foundation. We permit ourselves to play and explore. We commit—or recommit—to working steadily and purposefully.

The trick is to keep at it steadily.We'll see progress in time.""Didion believes the notebook's value lies in its record of "How it felt to be me"at a particular time.""Henry Miller believed reading was 'an act of creation' By reading slowly,carefully,and with complete attention,he believed,we respect the writer's work and enrich our lives.

The universe is transformation.

Don't you want to be a U.S. citizen?" "What?" said Thomas. "We are citizens." "Vote? You already can vote?" "Sure, back in 1924 we got the vote. After the black man, after the women. But we got the vote.

Once we were a people who left no tracks. Now we are different. We print ourselves deeply on the earth. We build roads. The ruts and skids of our wheels bite deep and the bush recedes. We make foundations for our buildings and sink wells beside our houses. Our shoes are hard and where we go it is easy to follow. I have left my own tracks, too. I have left behind these words.

What I am doing now is for the future, though it may seem small, or trivial, or boring, to you.

Luckily for Rockefeller, the lightbulb didn't instantly drive out kerosene: It took time for Edison to cover the country with power stations, and by 1885 only 250,000 lightbulbs shone across America.

In these early years, one also sees Rockefeller using contributions to stimulate collaboration from others as he inched toward the concept of matching grants.