Quotations on Progress
Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.
-Theodore Roosevelt
A bend in the road is not the end of the road...unless you fail to make the turn.
-Anonymous
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
-Chinese Proverb
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only after he sticks his neck out.
-John Wooden
If you want something done, ask a busy person.
-Benjamin Franklin
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
-Aesop
To wish to progress is the largest part of progress.
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you sit there long enough.
-Will Rogers
Cleaning your house while you kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
-Phyllis Diller
I don't ever look back. I look forward.
-Steffi Graf
I make progress by having people around who are smarter than I am - and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.
-Henry J. Kaiser
The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
-Charles Baudelaire
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
-Robert Heinlein
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
-Oscar Wilde
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
-Thomas H. Huxley
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.
-Oscar Wilde
The arrow has to draw back to fly ahead.
-Proverb
We should all be more like dogs…. kick some grass over that shit and move on!
-Sheree Link

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