Quotes about Progress

There is an old saying that "by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch!

Practice one virtue for a period of two weeks, then three weeks, then one virtue per month.

Difficulties come not to obstruct, but to instruct.

Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.

There is a special way that you can accelerate your progress toward becoming the highly productive, effective, efficient person that you want to be.

That many do not advance in the Christian progress because they stick in penances, and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of God, which is the end . That this appeared plainly by their works, and was the reason why we see so little solid virtue.

And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?

Tuttu tunne: sitä haluaa takertua menneeseen ja olla samanlainen kuin aina ennenkin, koska eteenpäin siirtyminen on liian pelottavaa.

I don't know where I'm going, but I know I'm going somewhere.

Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science. The early warnings about technological dangers also come from science.

Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex.

Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain.