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“The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent or despondent about our progress.”

Humans Doe Self Asks Progress Self Improvement Perfection Strive Improvement Persevere Complacent Despondent

Book:Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

Source: Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil. As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”

Heart Life Is Spirit Order Fighting Evil Difficult Progress Plans Battle Protect Tasks Direct Difficulty Good Things Rewards Strive Righteous Cheerful Braces Difficult Tasks

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize the good life is simply conforming to a standard of right and justice. The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.”

“Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.”

Ifs Long Use Steps Progress Ideals Method Strive Deeds Practicals Leap Judged Lofty Right Direction Our Words

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“We make very little progress when we strive to conquer baser instincts in a good mood. However, vast strides are possible when we are miserable and work with ourselves to replace our misery with joy and understanding.”

Littles Joy Understanding Growth Progress Misery Instinct Strive Mood Miserable Conquer Stride Good Mood

Author:Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

“We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.”

“The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long hike. If you went on the hike only to feel that pleasure, you are a fool. Yet people sometimes do just this. They work hard at a task and expect some special euphoria at the end. But when they achieve success and find only moderate and short-lived pleasure, they ask is that all there is? They devalue their accomplishments as a striving after wind. We can call this the progress principle: Pleasure comes more from making progress toward goals than from achieving them.”

“In a sense, evolution adheres to the classic twelve-step program: it takes things one day at a time. It does not strive for perfection; it does not strive at all. There is no progress, no plans, no scala natura, or scale of nature, that ranks organisms from lowly to superior, primitive to advanced.”

Doe Steps Progress Plans Evolution One Day Program Perfection Strive Scales Superiors Classic Twelve Primitive Organisms One Day At A Time

Author:Natalie

“They are men and women who tend to believe that the human being is perfectible and social progress predictable, and that the instrument for effecting the two is reason; that truths are transitory and empirically determined; that equality is desirable and attainable through the action of state power; that social and individual differences, if they are not rational, are objectionable, and should be scientifically eliminated; that all people and societies strive to organize themselves upon a rationalist and scientific paradigm.”

“Liberalism should be found not striving to spread bureaucracy but striving to set bounds to it. True liberalism seeks all legitimate freedom first in the confident belief that without such freedom the pursuit of all other blessings and benefits is vain. That belief is the foundation of all American progress, political as well as economic.”

Should Firsts Wells Political Found Belief Progress Economic Blessing Benefits Foundation Strive Bounds Spread Pursuit Vain Liberalism Bureaucracy

Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

“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

“Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great achievement. Even if you do not strive much for progress in learning, if you can minimize the influence things have on you, you will soar into the realm of sages.”

Ifs Feelings Progress Influence Achievement Strive Realms Reaching Taoism Shed Soar Sage Mundane Lofty Great Achievement

Author:Zicheng Hong