Quotes about Progress
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
— Abraham Lincoln
Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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