“There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people's progress.” PeopleWayLittlesImportantStoriesDoubtProgressBuildingBridgesCivilisationCivil EngineerCivil Engineering Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“William James once said: "Progress is a terrible thing." It is more than that: it is also a highly ambiguous notion. For who knowsbut that a little further on the way a bridge may not have collapsed or a crevice split the earth?” WayMayLittlesSaidEarthProgressTerribleNotionBridgesSplitsTerrible ThingsAmbiguousCrevice Author:Johan Huizinga
“Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, release from sorrow, the wealth of monks.” MenMindSoulActionSpiritualMotherPeaceWealthPrayerVirtueProgressTearsSourceWallSorrowActivityConflictDespairSpringDaughterUnionsProtectionInvisibleTemptationReleaseBridgesCrushCommunionAfflictionMonkReconciliationEnlighteningDemonstrationBoundlessCrossingsMother And DaughterSpiritual Gifts Author:Ignatius Bryanchaninov
“A great city with water barriers and no bridges is like a skyscraper with no elevators. Bridges are a monument to progress.” WaterCitiesProgressBridgesBarriersMonumentElevatorsGreat CitiesSkyscraper Author:Joseph Straus
“We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We do these things to set loose again the energy and the ingenuity of the American people. We do these things to reinvigorate those social and economic institutions which serve as a buffer and a bridge between the individual and the state - and which remain the real source of our progress as a people.” PeopleDoeRealStatesHandsGovernmentIndividualEnergySocialProgressEconomicSourceFunctionInstitutionsHarmBridgesRemoveIngenuity Book:Speaking my mind: selected speeches Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches