Quotes About Progress

It is not how fast a tree grows, but how well. It is not how big a fruit is, but how sweet.

The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.

The greatest evidence of what is inside of a seed is its fruit.

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.

All of our relationships and our interactions, the life affirming ones and the challenging ones, show us how far we have come and where we still need to go.

Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

The only permanence is change

An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a dissatisfaction that keeps one a step away from sliding into mediocrity.

For a better world, we need education. nevertheless, more than education, we need people with common sense.

Geniuses' steps take you higher than talent's leaps.

At the school of wisdom, mistake is not just a lesson but, a laboratory

You cannot till this year's land using last year's sun.

He who walks with the wise goes farther than he who runs with fools.

You don't stop planting corn because weeds are going to grow beside it.

Future never desires to become a past

What you were is yesterday.What you are is now.What you can be is tomorrow.What you decide to be is today.

It is impossible for a man to outpace his shadow.

A little drop each day eventually fills the sea.

You cannot cross large rivers without building bridges.

The size of the seed does not determine the size of the tree.

To be a climber one has to accept that gratification is rarely immediate.

Today is tomorrow's stepping stone, but for the wise it is a ladder.

Do today what will profit you tomorrow. Avoid forever what did not profit you yesterday.