Quotes About Progress

A nation without the means of reform is without the means of survival.

All reformers are bachelors.

Whatever little we have gained, we have gained by agitation, while we have uniformly lost by moderation.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

It is essential to the triumph of reform that it shall never succeed.

It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. But when it comes it moves irresistibly.

Revolutions are not made; they come.

When a just cause reaches its flood-tide, as ours has done ..., whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.

Individuals learn faster than institutions and it is always the dinosaur's brain that is the last to get the new messages.

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable ... I can't help it, it's my personality.

The great law of culture: Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

Women must think strategically about creating ongoing pressure for change.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.

He gets a good hold on the paintbrush, then confidently has the ladder removed.