Quotes About Progress

Going for it and changing what you could change-that's what success was all about.

Life, oblivious to his grief, continued

A fortune begins with a penny.

She went on because there was no going back.

Look forward, not back, the Hag said. All is change. Do not regret. Instead, learn.

I worked as fast as I could, and let my mind travel ahead only a certain distance, no further.

Patterns could be broken; paths could be changed. All it took was courage.

The movement of the wheel is relentless. All changes; all moves on.

Of course you will make errors; we all do. But you must learn from your mistakes. Learn quickly, and when you get something wrong, admit it and apologize.

No idea is as absurd as the idea of progress.

Inventions have long-since reached their limit--and I see no hope for further developments. -- Julius Frontinus, world-famous engineer (Rome, 10 AD)

It was Cixi who championed women's liberation in a culture that had for centuries imposed foot-binding on its female population-a practice to which she put an end.

In spring 1907, a Regulation for Women's Education was decreed, which made it official that women should receive education.

Above all, her transformation of China was carried out without her engaging in violence and with relatively little upheaval.

In the past, a woman could get along without an analytical mind; but not any more. A woman who wanted to be the equal of Westerners and a fine woman wasn't very promising is she had no aptitude for systematic thinking and analysis.

sometimes a start is all we ever get.

I guess it's true what they say: if you wait long enough everything changes.

Festina lente. You know what that means? Hurry slowly. Bene. He smiled. -A Good & Happy Child

Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

Jay-Z told me once that one of his buddies from the Marcy Projects, in Brooklyn, said to him, Man, you've changed. And he replied, You're goddamn right. You act like I've been busting my ass to stay the same.

If covering our bodies with clothes represents a cultural step forward, there is no guarantee that in the future masks will not be taken equally for granted.

The goal does not lie in the results of research, the very process of research is itself the goal.

Cuando los campesinos compran más tierra con el fruto de su trabajo, eso significa que tienen que trabajar más que antes. A fin de cuentas, las preocupaciones y el trabajo no tienen fin, y lo único que obtienen es la posibilidad de tener más quehacer que antes…

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