“There is something mysteriously powerful that can happen when young, inchoate minds come into contact with older and more worldly ones in a spirit of intellectual and creative endeavour - if I believed in progress, I suppose that's what I'd call it.” IfsMindHappensYoungSpiritPowerfulCreativeProgressIntellectualContactWorldlyEndeavour Author:Will Self
“In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make the fastest progress and those who ultimately become their best make extensive use of mental imagery. They use it daily as a means of directing what will happen in training, and as a way of pre-experiencing their best competition performances.” WayMeanHelpingUseHappensUsedSportsProgressTrainingPerformancesCompetitionAthleteDevelopingMotivational SportsImageryMental Imagery Author:Terry Orlick
“It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.” WorldHappensProgressTransformationScope Author:Charles de Gaulle
“Do not entertain the notion that you ought to advance in your prayer. If you do, you will only find you have put on the brake instead of the acceleration. All real progress in spiritual things comes gently, imperceptibly, and is the work of God. Our crude efforts spoil it. Know yourself for the childish, limited and dependent soul you are. Remember that the only growth which matters happens without our knowledge and that trying to stretch ourselves is both dangerous and silly. Think of the Infinite Goodness, never of your own state.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingRealSoulMatterStatesGodHappensChristianRememberSpiritualReligionGrowthWorkPrayerEffortChristianityKnowledgeProgressDangerousOughtGoodnessInfinitePersonal GrowthNotionSillyGentleDependentKnow YourselfAdvancementSpoilOur PrayersStretchingCrudeAdvancingBrakeAccelerationChildishness Author:Evelyn Underhill
“There is some schedule showing what you (need) to do to get Iraqis standing up and defending themselves which is now suddenly beginning to happen, so there are some signs of progress.” NeedsHappensProgressStandingSchedules Author:John F. Kerry
“We need to make sure that the laws we're passing are protecting people. And we should not be voting against something that makes progress just because it doesn't make as much progress as we'd like to see made. As much as I might like to see any number of issues progress in larger steps, I understand that some of these things happen in smaller steps. And so for that reason, progress is progress. And success is success.” PeopleNeedsShouldMadeReasonMightHappensLawNumbersStepsIssuesProgressThings HappenPassingPassingsVoting Author:Clay Aiken
“The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it took over me than I took over it.” HappensEasyProgressNeededShapesBackgroundsOver ItCompositionMessy Author:Myfanwy Pavelic
“Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday.” MeanLittlesFeelingsHappensProgressTomorrowYesterdayFamiliarAbandonSomething NewComfortingLearning Something New Author:Nick Stone
“Row on [whatever happens]. [Lat., Vogue la galere.]” HappensProgressWhatever HappensVogue Author:Francois Rabelais
“remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make. I want you please not to be taken up in the undertow of pessimism.” WayWantBigsHappensRememberSuccessEnjoyGoalTakenProgressPleaseBlindWavePessimismI Want YouBrightnessUndertowSmall Successes Author:Lucille Ball
“And as long as we believe what we believe - until that is questioned - there's no progress as a human race. Again, we still have war. So, effective rehabilitation is to question what we believe. When that happens, everyone gets out of prison.” BelieveHumansLongStillsWarHappensRaceProgressPrisonHuman RaceRehabilitation Author:Byron Katie