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“The history of life was not the bumbling progress - the very English, middle-class progress - Victorian thought had wanted it to be, but violent, a thing of dramatic, cumulative transformations: in the old formulation, more revolution than evolution.”

Wanted Class Progress Middle Revolution Evolution Transformation Violent Dramatic Middle Class Victorian Cumulative History Of Life

Book:The Satanic Verses

Source: The Satanic Verses

“The more efficient causes of progress seem to consist of a good education during youth whilst the brain is impressible, and of a high standard of excellence, inculcated by the ablest and best men, embodied in the laws, customs and traditions of the nation, and enforced by public opinion.”

Men Seems Law Nations Causes Brain Opinion Progress Youth Standards Tradition Excellence Customs Efficient Public Opinion High Standards Good Education Customs And Traditions

Book:The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)

Source: The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)

“With highly civilised nations continued progress depends in a subordinate degree on natural selection; for such nations do not supplant and exterminate one another as do savage tribes.”

Nations Natural Progress Depends Degrees Savages Tribes Selection Natural Selection Subordinates Civilised

Book:The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)

Source: The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)

“The history of intellectual progress is written in the lives of infidels.”

Progress Written Intellectual Infidel

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“It is very rewarding to feel and see progress. I am going to put my head down and keep plugging away. I believe the best is yet to come.”

Feels Believe I Believe Progress Down And Best Is Yet To Come

Author:Shalane Flanagan

“Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest their time and money in multiplying competitive industries instead of opening up new fields, and putting their money into lines of industry and development that are needed.”

People Men Lying Lines Progress Fields Development Industry Needed Obstacles Opening Willingness Opening Up Time And Money Multiplying People Lie

Book:Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

Source: Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

“Every Christian church has tried to impose a code of morals of some kind for which it has claimed divine sanction. As these codes have always been opposed to those of the gospels a loophole has been left for moral progress such as hardly exists in other religions.”

Kind Has Beens Christian Left Church Moral Progress Divine Code Sanctions Christian Church Loopholes

Author:John B. S. Haldane

“So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.”

May War Results Progress Example Late Phenomenon Isolated Disruptive

Author:John B. S. Haldane

“My goal is to help elect not only the first but second woman president. That will be real progress. I believe our next presidential election will see women at the top of the ticket for both parties.”

Firsts Believe Real Helping Next I Believe Goal President Party Progress Election Presidential Being Real Tickets Presidential Election

Author:Barbara Lee

“To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we progress in the satanic science of destruction.”

Force Progress Becoming Advantage Destruction Harder Conquer Sheer Offensive Satanic

Book:The Nikola Tesla Treasury

Source: The Nikola Tesla Treasury

“You must ask, "What do we mean by great results?" Your goals don't have to be quantifiable, but they do have to be describable. Some leaders try to insist, "The only acceptable goals are measurable," but that's actually an undisciplined statement. Lots of goals-beauty, quality, life change, love-are worthy but not quantifiable. But you do have to be able to tell if you're making progress.”

Ifs Trying Mean Able Asks Goal Results Quality Leader Progress Worthy Statements Life Changing Acceptable Quality Of Life Undisciplined Great Results

Author:James C. Collins

“Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I think there is still a lot of work to do and if we were to sell to a big company, I'm not sure it would progress at the same pace.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Stills Bigs Motivation Behinds Company Environment Progress Revolution Sells Not Sure Pace Vehicle Electric Big Companies Tesla Electric Vehicles

Author:Elon Musk

“Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life.”

Art Desire Force Behinds Progress Industry Phases Advancement Phases Of Life

Book:The Birth of God in You

Source: The Birth of God in You

“There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.”

Has Beens Progress Lifetime Headings Wrong Direction

Author:Ogden Nash

“The great adventures which our opponents offer is a voyage into the past. Progress is our heritage, not theirs. What is right for us as Democrats is also the right way for Democrats to win.”

Way Past Winning Progress Adventure Offers Democrat Opponents Heritage Right Way Voyages Great Adventure

Author:Edward Kennedy

“One thing I've learned about the NBA is that you can have one good year, but you've always got to be progressing and working and making yourself better.”

Years Progress One Thing I've Learned Nba Things I've Learned Good Years

Author:Eli Manning

“Begin with bodhicitta, do the main practice without concepts,Conclude by dedicating the merit. These, together and complete,Are the three vital supports for progressing on the path to liberation.”

Together Three Practice Support Path Progress Concepts Liberation Merit Bodhicitta

Author:Longchenpa

“I'm amazed at my progress.”

Progress Amazed

Author:Jason Terry

“It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?”

Source: Christian Missions, Their Place in India

“Everything is a work-in-progress.”

Progress Work In Progress

Author:Nicholas A. Basbanes

“The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.”

Humans Has Beens Realizing Race Progress Revolution Human Race Rebellious Brutality

Book:Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.”

Mind Humans Spirit Known Struggle Records Progress Objectives Human Mind Human Spirit Advancement Human Progress

Book:Sept. 1964-May 1949

Source: Sept. 1964-May 1949

“Progress is the life-style of man.”

Men Progress Style Life Style

Author:Victor Hugo

“Fortunately for us and our world, youth is not easily discouraged. Youth with its clear vista and boundless faith and optimism is uninhibited by the thousands of considerations that always bedevil man in his progress. The hopes of the world rest on the flexibility, vigor, capacity for new thought, and the fresh outlook of the young.”

Men World Young Clear Progress Youth Capacity Optimism Consideration Our World Flexibility Outlook Discouraged Boundless New Thought Vigor Vistas

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.”

Ideas Reality Progress Coordinating

Book:Manhood of humanity

Source: Manhood of humanity

“I'm happy with my language progress - the only difficulty when I tour Premier League matches is that different people talk to me in different accents - and sometimes I can hardly understand a word!”

People I Can Different Sometimes Language Progress Difficulty League Accents Different Peoples Talk To Me Premier League

Author:Fabio Capello

“The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.”

Men Needs Environment Progress Depends Demand Reasonable Unreasonable Reasonable Man

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Progress is the realization of utopia.”

Progress Realization Utopia

Book:The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings

Source: The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings

“Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”

Should Ends Bigs Rich Progress Victory Blessing Argument Aim Storm Ruins Discussion Contentment Comparison Get Rich Stretching Count Your Blessings Get Rich Quick

Author:Joseph Joubert

“The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.”

Law Natural Progress Revolution Weapons Instruments Natural Law

Book:The Roots of American Order

Source: The Roots of American Order

“The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.”

Heart Hands Speak Prayer Lord Progress Humility Holy Empty Sacred Senses Savior

Author:Pio of Pietrelcina

“Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.”

Growth Justice Progress Economic Strive Fairness Economic Growth Economic Justice

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“Future comes by itself, progress does not.”

Doe Progress

Author:Poul Henningsen

“But in the end, mastery involves working and working and showing little improvement, perhaps with a few moments of flow pulling you along, then making a little progress, and then working and working on that new, slightly higher plateau again. It's grueling, to be sure. But that's not the problem; that's the solution.”

Littles Ends Moments Problem Progress Higher Solutions Flow Improvement Mastery Pulling

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“The truth is that progress is usually small and sneaky.”

Progress Truth Is Sneaky

Author:Anne Lamott

“But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.”

Needs May Soul Ends Loses Progress Trusted

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

“Developing spirituality is critical to our eternal progress. The fruits of eternal progress are manifest in joy, peace, love, hope, increased confidence in the Lord.”

Joy Spirituality Lord Progress Eternal Fruit Critical Developing Manifest Peace Love Hope Love

Author:Elaine L. Jack

“I do not understand the world, but I watch it's progress.”

World Watches Progress

Author:Katherine Anne Porter

“It's better to live with a sad truth than with all the happy progress talk you get up here in the North.”

Progress Get Up Sad Truth

Book:LILA An Inquriry into Morals

Source: LILA An Inquriry into Morals

“It is only when your awareness reaches the heart that great progress from your practice is possible.”

Heart Practice Progress Awareness Great Progress

Author:Michael Langford

“War is progress, peace is stagnation.”

War Progress Stagnation

Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.”

Names Progress Who You Are Evolve You Choose

Author:Randeep Hooda

“The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man will have over matter, a few hundred years from now. We may learn how to remove gravity from large masses, and float them over great distances. Agriculture will double its produce with less labor. All diseases will surely be cured... even old age. If only the moral sciences could be improved as well. Perhaps men would cease to be wolves to one another... and human beings could learn to be human.”

Ifs Men Years Humans Wells May Matter Age Born Human Beings Moral Imagine Progress Produce Disease Mass Hundred Labor Distance Sorry Cease Old Age Remove Gravity Agriculture Floats Rapids

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.”

“What we need is progress with an escape hatch.”

Needs Progress

Book:Assorted Prose

Source: Assorted Prose

“The origin of nursing started out with prostitutes, who would go care for people in jail. That was back when nobody wanted to go to the hospital because it was basically a place that you went to die. It started progressing with the visiting nurses in the South. The women started wearing these outfits to make it look like they were more sophisticated and so that they could be more respected. They started recruiting women from good education backgrounds because they wanted to make it a more respected profession.”

People Looks Care Wanted Dies Progress South Profession Backgrounds Hospitals Jail Nurse Sophisticated Nursing Visiting Back When Outfits Good Education

Author:Eve Hewson

“He [D'Artangnan] succumbs to her [Miledy Winter] level of seduction and gives into it. It's only when the series starts to progress that he realizes what she's doing, and the tables turn slightly. But that relationship really pays homage to how D'Artagnan can be easily swayed. You see him grow into somebody who can actually make a decision where he's not being used and forced into doing something that he doesn't want to do.”

Want Giving Used Turns Grows Realizing Decision Levels Pay Progress Tables Series Winter Seduction Homage

Author:Luke Pasqualino

“You have to think of each stage of the movie and how it progresses, get into the state of mind of the character, and then match the camera to that, and keep making it tighter and tighter and crazier and crazier so people don't get bored. You know you cannot do a similar shot that you did at the beginning of the movie at the end.”

People Thinking Knows Mind Ends States Character Progress Stage Shots Cameras Bored State Of Mind

Author:Jaume Collet-Serra

“If you take a diamond that's raw and you put one face to it, it has that one face, and then you've gotta find another face. At the end, you're going to have this diamond that's everything you've done. I feel that's the way you should look at it because that puts you in a constant state of progress.”

Ifs Way Feels Should Looks Ends States Done Faces Progress Constant Diamond

Author:Suraj Sharma

“Vanity is so superficial. It doesn't provide the grounds for progress.”

Progress Vanity Superficial

Author:Ishmael Butler

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