Quotes about Progress

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.

This is essentially a people's contest…. It is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men—to lift artificial weights from all shoulders—to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all—to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Forget the past, and ask me what's next.

I've learnt to be more patient, more comfortable on the ball, and the number of goals I've scored, I'm happy.

To see that hard work paying off is very good.

It's great to see my hard work paying off, even if it's not finished.

Women's sport is embedded in the mainstream consciousness now, and that is a hugely positive thing. That's not to say that our sport can't get even more popular - because I think it can - but perceptions have definitely changed for the better.

The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.