Quotes About Progress

Pitch your tents toward the sunrising!

Wearing his eyes in his heart, the optimist falls over his own feet, and calls it Progress.

...for nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.

You can't hit a home run every time.

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.

The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.

Spring is on the way; summer is on the way; storms are on the way; wars are on the way; sorrow and happiness are on the way; they are all on the way, they are coming! Everything is on the way! Life is a highway; while we are moving on the way, all else is coming towards us! Devil is on the way; angel is on the way! Stay firm on the way!

#WhenIWasYourAge: It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay.

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.

The liberal spirit is the breath of liberal democracy. And the liberal spirit is something instantly recognizable but very difficult to define. It has about it a refreshing common sense... It is even-tempered, and of even tempo... Reform, and constant reform, is a necessity of democracy. But reform in a hurry... is jerry-built, and it blows down in the first storm.

I've been waiting for 7 years for Obama to take my gun and all I got was a job, health insurance and marriage equality.

Medical History & Future. — A Short History of Medicine: 2000 B.C. – "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. – "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. – "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. – "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. – "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. – "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

The best way to get something done is to begin.

One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.

...the new life of psychiatry is with us...

The radio is another wonderful discovery. It has made the world as small as a house.

Almost everyone, it seems, at first glance expects television to dig radio's final resting place.

The radio is, indeed, a great blessing of the modern times. It has become a necessity now.

Instead of being born again, why not just grow up?

How often must I tell you that we are made wise not by the recollections of our past, but by the responsibilities of our future.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

While on a ladder, never step back to admire your work.

I don't think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians, and Caesarians.