Quotes about Progress
We are ever dying to one world and being born into another.
— Henry David Thoreau
The birth of science was the death of superstition.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
For in the nature of things everything that is faith must rise, and everything that rises must converge.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of courage. The difficulty lies not in solving problems but in expressing them correctly; and we can now see that it is biologically undeniable that unless we harness passion to the service of spirit there can be no progress. Sooner or later, then, and in spite of all our incredulity, the world will take this step— because the greater truth always prevails and the greater good emerges in the end.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. So let us mark this day with remebrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.
— Barack Obama
We're going to win at space.
— Donald Trump
The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
— John F. Kennedy
The Ten Commandments are preoccupied with goodness. Each commandment is a moral tour de force. Together they present the most compelling plan ever devised for a better life and good world. Yet, they were written—and in the eyes of hundreds of millions, revealed by the Creator—three thousand years ago. The Ten Commandments are what began humanity's long, arduous journey toward moral progress.
— Dennis Prager
The Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772—1810) taught, 'If you are not going to be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow?' To which Telushkin has added: 'And if no one feels comfortable criticizing you, the likelihood that you will be better tomorrow is most probably nonexistent.
— Dennis Prager
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
— Denzel Washington
Renewing a relationship is a creative act. We make a new relationship. It is possible to build a new relationship regardless of the realities of the old relationship.
— Desmond Tutu