Quotes About Advancement

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been badly manhandled, but that it has moved forward.

Progress is not accomplished in one stage.

If you wish to gain an idea of what revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to acquire an idea of the nature of progress, call it To-morrow.

To understand the nature of the Revolution we must call it progress; and we may define progress by the word tomorrow.

A saint addicted to abnegation is a dangerous neighbor; he is very likely to infect you with an incurable poverty, a stiffening of the articulations necessary to advancement, and, in fact, more renunciation than you would like; and men flee from this contagious virtue. Hence the isolation of Monseigneur Bienvenu. We live in a sad society. Succeed--that is the advice which falls drop by drop from the overhanging corruption.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognized: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this fact is recognized,—that the human race has been treated harshly, but that it has progressed.

The whole of progress tends in the direction of solution. Some day we shall be amazed. As the human race mounts upward, the deep layers emerge naturally from the zone of distress. The obliteration of misery will be accomplished by a simple elevation of level.

Better than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Revolution cannot really be conquered... If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow. Tomorrow performs its work irresistibly, and it does it from today.

If you wish to gain an idea of what revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to acquire an idea of the nature of progress, call it To-morrow. To-morrow fulfils its work irresistibly, and it is already fulfilling it to-day. It

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but that it has moved forward.

O progresso é a vida permanente dos povos.

Oui, les brutalités du progrès s'appellent révolutions. Quand elles sont finies, on reconnaît ceci : que le genre humain a été rudoyé, mais qu'il a marché. Le

But the very progress of the human race may be halted because of a desire to sit down too soon. This has often been the failing of the bourgeoisie.

I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.

In the world there are only two ways of raising one's self, either by one's own industry or by the weakness of others.

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

There are but two ways of rising in the world, either by your own industry or by the folly of others.

Some, and then more.

Maturity is betterment of the existing state.

An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.

Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring to the highest ascent.