Quotes About Progress

No great thing is created suddenly.

Be content to grow a little each day. If the improvement is the sort of thing which is very slow, do not measure it too often. Do a self-comparison every two weeks, or every six months, whatever is appropriate.

The way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Make haste slowly.

Slow motion gets you there faster.

I'm not there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

Don't get hung up on a snag in the stream, my dear. Snags are not so dangerous-it's the debris that clings to them that makes the trouble. Pull yourself loose and go on.

Never stop. One always stops as soon as something is about to happen.

If something doesn't come up the way you want, you have to forge ahead.

Think of a fine painter attempting to capture an inner vision, beginning with one corner of the canvas, painting what he thinks should be there, not quite pulling it off, covering it over with white paint, and trying again, each time finding out what his painting isn't, until he finally finds out what it is. And when you finally do find out what one corner of your vision is, you're off and running.

Regression in grief must be seen and supported as a means toward adaptation and health.

Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we learn to walk.

A day's impact is better than a month of dead pull.

There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve.

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

All that time is lost which might be better employed.

Lost time is like a run in a stocking. It always gets worse.

Don't agonize. Organize.

We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until to-morrow. Keep going. ... Concentrate on something useful.

One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.

There is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed.

You have to set new goals every day.

Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds.