Quotes about Progress
Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
- Booker T. Washington
Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety.
- Samuel Johnson
A world where everything was easy would be a nursery for babies, but not at all a fit place for men.
- Charles Spurgeon
The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ.
- Charles Spurgeon
Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.
- Mahatma Gandhi
I told my students that the greatest liability they will have is old saints who never matured
- Neil Anderson
If the root issues are not faced and resolved, growth will be stymied.
- Neil Anderson
It's gotta feel natural. I'm always into that, and after awhile, if I am working on a song too long and trying to make something out of it that it's not... it's best just to stop and move on.
- Kurt Vile
A lot of churches have not moved with the times.
- Joel Osteen