Quotes about Progress

Natural selection is an inanimate process, devoid of consciousness, yet is a tireless refiner, an ingenious craftsman.

I]f it be any part of religion to believe that man was made by a good Being, it is more consistent with that faith to believe, that this Being gave all human faculties that they might be cultivated and unfolded, not rooted out and consumed, and that he takes delight in every nearer approach made by his creatures to the ideal conception embodied in them, every increase in any of their capabilities of comprehension, of action, or of enjoyment.

Do not force me to look any longer at what I have become. Tell me instead what is to come.

He knew that an existing structure had to be torn down or at least restructured before anything new and lasting could be built on the same foundation

In Africa we having a saying, 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' ...Before I go back home, I want you to consider us, Katie. Ponder what it would be like if we went together. Not alone and fast but together and far.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of you future. You will never be the same.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.