Quotes About Progress

Una storia è come un treno in corsa: in qualunque punto sali a bordo, prima o poi arrivi a destinazione.

When spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time.

America was different. America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade

Ahesta boro, Mah-e-man, ahesta boro.

me brinda cierto consuelo la idea de un patrón, de un esbozo de mi vida que va cobrando forma, como una fotografía en un cuarto oscuro, una historia que se va desvelando poco a poco y viene a confirmar todo lo bueno que siempre he deseado ver en mí mismo. Ese relato me sostiene.

Tetapi gelombang itu berlalu, seperti segala sesuatu. Berlalu.

Hidup itu bagaikan kereta api, masuklah ke gerbongnya.

I could begin there, I suppose. Or somewhere else. A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.

Time makes us forget.

Because when the spring comes it melts the snow one flake at a time...

Porque una sociedad no tiene la menor posibilidad de éxito si sus mujeres no reciben educación.

I don't have anything to give you, except to show you a way to better yourself.

No use dwelling on the past. What you do tomorrow and the next day and the day after that is what matters.

La vita può essere capita solo all'indietro, ma va vissuta in avanti.

All that sunny afternoon, traveling north and east, Caroline believed absolutely in the future. And why not? For if the worst had already happened to them in the eyes of the world, then surely, surely, it was the worst that they left behind them now.

dirt, but the machine began to make

Screened bottom boards were used by beekeepers more than 150 years ago for improved ventilation. Beekeepers replaced them with solid bottom boards in the winter, and over time the expense of having two pieces of equipment fell into disfavor, and the screens went away.)

I liked beginnings better than endings.

But a pawn could become a queen if she reached the end and came back again.

The world was going to change again. I should have worn nicer shoes.

Small steps could make large journeys, if admittedly very slow ones.

If you do it once, it's a mistake. If you do it twice, it's not a mistake anymore.

You're taking classes? That's great. Crime scene etiquette, perhaps?

Mistakes can be fixed, but if you do it more than once, it's no longer a mistake.