Quotes About Progress

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The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place. —Barbara DeAngelis (Left by

We'll change, we have to. This is the turning point for us, after all." She looked at him sharply.

Civilization culminates in the power-press. It is the grand total of the difference between a boastful United Statian and a beastly Hottentot, —between Yankee Doodle and Timbucktoodle

I probably hit the ball as far today as I did 40 years ago. That just shouldn't be.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

You need to take a historical perspective. You can't make sweeping statements about anything in the world, and there's never been an ideal time when everything made sense—it's just a question of how you look at the advancing tide and deal with remnants of the old order.

One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.

With God, it isn't who you were that matters; it's who you are becoming.

You're not the bad choices you may have made. You're who you are right now, and you're the next decision you make.

awkwardness or reservation. When had that stopped? They

Things are looking better already. If you think you have come to an unhappy ending, it is not the true end. Keep going awhile.

The only sure thing in this life is change. That is the one thing you may rely upon.

If you think you have come to an unhappy ending, it is not the true end. Keep going awhile.

you think you have come to an unhappy ending, it is not the true end. Keep going awhile.

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

In 1942, only about 4 percent of American women had completed four years of college.

In science, there is something called a "jackpot effect," where a male scientist hires women in his lab early in the development of a certain field, and these women hire other talented women, and, as a result, the field ends up with an unusually high number of women. Something like this was at work in cryptanalysis. A few key women proved themselves gifted, early on; a few key men were willing to hire and encourage

It was a rare moment in American history—unprecedented—when educated women were not only wanted but competed for.

Change doesn't happen just because we think something is wrong. Change happens because we think something is wrong and then don't stop fighting until it's right.

A medieval physician needed the patient's astronomical details, just as a modern GP would check his or her blood pressure.

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

In the West we are so addicted to the notion of progress that we project this idea onto our spiritual life, and can become very confused by the dawning realization that He whom we seek is always with us, that we are always close to Him but do not know it. The spiritual path is a process of revealing this nearness, the intimacy of love that is always with us.