Quotes About Progress

It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!

Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.

Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

Change isn't always for the best.

Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

We're not the same people we were then. We've changed, we've grown.

I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life.

Don't think there are no second chances. Life always offers you a SECOND CHANCE... It's called TOMORROW

The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.

I found that as I flipped the days on the calendar, the worries I had about our relationship had began to diminish.

If it's over, then don't let the past screw up the rest of your life.

Where do I go from here?

America was in full swing now, all the papers said so, and people were rushing forward, leaving behind the horrors of war. She understood the reasons, but they were rushing, like Lon, toward long hours and profits, neglecting the things that brought beauty to the world.

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.

Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

A life, after all, is simply a series of little lives, each of them lived one day at a time, and every single one of those days has choices and consequences. Piece by piece, those decisions help to form the people we become.

I'm different now than I was then. Just like I was different at the end of the trip than I'd been at the beginning. And I'll be different tomorrow than I am today. And what that means is I can never replicate that trip. Even if I went to the same places and met the same people, it wouldn't be the same.

And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.

Whatever you decide to do, remember that you have to be able to go forward in life without looking back.

Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?

I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.

sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs

I'll be with my sister. And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoke signals last year. - Nana