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Quotes About Progress

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
~ H. G. Wells
His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken.
~ H. G. Wells
When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine.
~ H. G. Wells
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
~ H. G. Wells
History is a race between education and catastrophe.
~ H. G. Wells
Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
~ H. G. Wells
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
~ H. G. Wells
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
~ H. G. Wells
The New World Order.
~ H. G. Wells
We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries.
~ H. G. Wells
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
~ H. G. Wells
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
~ H. G. Wells
Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.
~ H. Jackson Brown
Don't waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between 'I should' and 'I did.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Spend your time and energy creating, not criticizing. 828
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Remember that every age brings new opportunities. 1325
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Nigdy nie rezygnuj z celu tylko dlatego, ?e osi?gni?cie go wymaga czasu. Czas i tak up?ynie.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
~ H. Jackson Jr. Brown
Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can't measure something, you can't understand it. If you can't understand it, you can't control it. If you can't control it, you can't improve it.
~ H. James Harrington