Quotes about Progress

That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Failure is a school in which the truth always grows strong.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.

Don't worry if your "you" is small and your rewards are few: Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you.

Here's to the past. Thank God it's past!

I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past.

Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference.

Today was once the future from which you expected so much in the past.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.

One step and then another, and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another, and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another, and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another, and the deepest snow is laid.