Quotes About Progress

The only truth in life: Life goes on and things do change, for the better or even the worse

A writer who always has his characters "walk" is missing opportunities.

Young Shostakovich-Mitya-was nine, relatively old, when he began piano lessons. His first instructor was his mother, who, when she saw his rapid progress, took him to a piano teacher. The following conversation was a favorite family story: I've brought you a marvelous pupil! All mothers have marvelous children.... Within two years he played all the preludes and fugues in Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. It was clear that he was exceptionally gifted.

the divorce wasn't a failure, just a destined ending, and it was simply time for my journey to continue in a different direction.

If you slip and find yourself looking backward, stop by saying aloud, "That's the old story of me. It's not who I am or who I want to be today." See how your vibration lights up with this decision and how much easier it is to hear your guides, spirit helpers, and angels once it's made.

Challenge yourself. Try to shed an outgrown identity.

Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

But, Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life.

You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

I learned that failing doesn't mean you are a failure; it just means you're a human being.

To be honest, going out with Ed after Josh is like moving on to Duchy Originals super-tasty seeded loaf after plastic white bread. (I don't mean to be rude about Josh. And I didn't realize it at the time. But it is. He is. Plastic white bread.)

But what can you do about mistakes except think, Won't do that again, and move forward?

It's time for some bigger steps. You need to push yourself, Audrey. You won't know till you try. I believe you can cope with it.

So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now.

You can't go back in time and do life a different way.

You can't even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels.

Every promotion requires you to do less of the thing you originally wanted to do

But, Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life.

Don't beat yourself up for not knowing all the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.

Every one is allowed to have a false start

Episode 5: Meanwhile, they'd all lost touch, because they didn't have Facebook and phones were expensive or whatever. (You do have to feel sorry for the older generation. I mean, all this "pay phones" and "telegrams" and "airmail." How did they cope?)

And the point is, it's something to aspire to, something to hope for. One day my life will match my Instagram posts. One day!

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