Quotes About Progress

The terms avoidant and anxious are hardly typical in a love story, but if Romantic is taken to mean "helpful to the progress of love," then they turn out to be among the most romantic words Kirsten and Rabih will ever stumble upon, for they enable them to grasp patterns that have been destructively at work between them every day of their married lives.

the obstacle to our good development is not usually arrogance, but a lack of confidence.

All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.

Too late. It was all too late. But she went on, determined as ever and always trying to catch up.

The prime minister did not wholly believe in the past or in any lessons that might be drawn from it.

it is seldom at the frontier that discoveries are made but more often in the dustbin.

there are a few houses on the street left in their original trim, today's newcomers seldom moving in until they have ripped the guts out of these decent Victorian villas to turn them into models of white and modish minimalism.

In the old days he would have taken to the block. Now he was taken to New Zealand and given the role of high commissioner. It was the block, but it took longer.

Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold.

The future you expect is a projection of your beliefs about the past. The future will be like the past only if you keep thinking the same thoughts

Success is less about getting good, and more about letting good.

Each day move a little more from tightening to lightening.

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information, but unlearning old limits.

Putting your foot down is a prerequisite to stepping ahead

When a relationship has served its purpose, there is no use to try to hang onto it.

What you condemn you continue. Focus on where you want to go rather than what you want to get away from.

If you want your destiny to be greater than your history, give no credence to history and all credence to possibility.

This moment has nothing to do with the last one unless you choose the past to continue.

our history is not our destiny. At any moment we are free to make new choices and create a new destiny.

The things that bug you the most have the potential to open you the most.

To err is human; to really screw up, you need a computer

The belonging you seek is not behind you. It is ahead.

There was no reply. That in itself was encouraging. They trudged on, Luke stealing admiring glances at her when she wasn't looking.

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