Quotes About Progress

The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

It is impossible to improve the world if first the man does not improve

Then we got into a labyrinth, and, when we thought we were at the end, came out again at the beginning, having still to see as much as ever.

For the plan grows under the author's hand; new thoughts occur to him in the act of writing; he has not worked out the argument to the end before he begins.

Today Learner is Tomorrow Leader

The civilized East is immeasurably in advance of any savage tribes; the Greeks and Romans have improved upon the East; the Christian nations have been stricter in their views of the marriage relation than any of the ancients.

Not by the Platonic device of uniting the strong and fair with the strong and fair, regardless of sentiment and morality, nor yet by his other device of combining dissimilar natures (Statesman), have mankind gradually passed from the brutality and licentiousness of primitive marriage to marriage Christian and civilized. Few

IF A MAN NEGLECTS EDUCATION, HE WALKS LAME TO THE END OF HIS LIFE

Time brings everything, and dragging years alter names and forms, nature and even destiny.

Knowledge is prior to any particular knowledge, and exists not in the previous state of the individual, but of the race. It is potential, not actual, and can only be appropriated by strenuous exertion.

The good soul, by her own excellence, improves the body as far as this may be possible.

If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. So let us mark this day with remebrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.

President Barack Obama

We're going to win at space.

The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.

Change always comes bearing gifts.

For good or evil, we are a single people: the more we become conscious of this, the less difficult and long will be humanity's progress toward justice and peace.

Mu meel oli mõru; mõtlesin, et harva soostub loodus hüvitama kahju; ja sama kehtib ka inimühiskonnas, mis looduse üldskeemidest eemaldumisel on arglik ja aeglane; milline mõttelooline saavutus oleks aga jõuda nii kaugele, et loodust ei võetaks kui järgimisväärset eeskuju, vaid kui vormitut rahnu, mida tahuda, või kui vaenlast, kellele vastu hakata.

Sbagliare non era più un infortunio vagamente comico, che ti guasta un esame o ti abbassa il voto: sbagliare era come quando si va su roccia, un misurarsi, un accorgersi, uno scalino in su, che ti rende più valente e più adatto.

Until one day there will be no more sense in saying: tomorrow.

un país se considera tanto más desarrollado cuanto más sabias y eficientes son las leyes que impiden al miserable ser demasiado miserable y al poderoso ser demasiado poderoso.

Antes de que comience el proyecto, normalmente se dice que la organización está en el estado actual. El resultado deseado del cambio impulsado por el proyecto se describe como el estado futuro

Publius Ovidius Naso