Quotes About Progress

In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Gandhi refused to accept that tanks and bombs constituted a nation's ultimate strength. To him, the health, education and unity of a nation's people were more important.

My specific goal is to revolutionize the future of the species. Mathematics is just another way of predicting the future.

Those who refuse to take a step toward their goal because it does not at once reach the goal are likely to stand still or move backward.

The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

What if we don't have a strong desire for God? What if we only half-heartedly desire to make progress on the path to full union with God? The Scripture and the teaching of the saints makes clear that when we lack something essential for the spiritual journey—such as a strong desire for God—then we are to ask for it, and it will be given. Not all at once necessarily, but gradually, over time, as we persevere in asking.

Union with God of this depth is totally unattainable by our own efforts; it is a gift that only God can give; we are totally dependent on His grace for progress in the spiritual life. Yet

If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.

The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this.

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.

There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just an opportunity to do something else.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.