Quotes about Progress

For me, change doesn't happen on a linear basis; it zig-zags back and forth.

All of us who care about the world going forward would like to engage the government more.

Passion? Of course it's necessary, but it's more important to have footballing foundations, certainly, when developing players.

I'm not one of those freaks who can't see anything past 1977.

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future.

We try to do a little better than the previous generation and find out in the end we've made the same mistakes without intending. Instead of striving to love as God first loved us, we let past hurts and grievances rule. Ignorance is no excuse.

Desperation is God's hammer: It demolishes the stronghold of fear and shatters the chains of our excuses. When desperation exceeds our fears, progress begins.

Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat.

The Golden Path demands it. And what is the Golden Path? you ask. It is the survival of humankind, nothing more nor less.

Think you carefully on this Bene Gesserit proverb and perhaps you will see: "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

One must cast off old agonies as a snake casts off its skin — only to grow a new set and accept all of their limitations.