Quotes About Progress

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Slowly, I began to realize that I could not go back and force things to be as they once were: those two years, which up until then had seemed an endless inferno, were now beginning to show me their true meaning.

What does learning mean: accumulating knowledge or transforming your life?

Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach.

we're allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us

When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.

In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.

If you want to achieve your objectives, you have to be prepared for a daily dose of pain or discomfort. At first, it's unpleasant and demotivating, but in time you come to realise that it's part of the process of feeling good, and the moment arrives when, if you don't feel pain, you have a sense that the exercises aren't having the desired effect.

the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become

What makes life interesting are the challenges we face.

If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.

Life is the train and not the station.

Give time time.

Close cycles. Not because of pride or arrogance, but because that no longer fits your life

No one can go back, but everyone can go forward.

When in doubt, just take the next small step

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that good enough is very different from best.

She didn't struggle and so she didn't grow

when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

When you are moving toward an objective, said Petrus, it is very important to pay attention to the road. It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length.

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.

Transformations always occur during moments of crisis.

Time heals everything, don't you think?" That depends. Time can often make things worse.

Even the tallest trees are able to grow from tiny seeds like these. Remember this, and try not to rush time.