"There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly."

Progress, Desire

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"There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly."

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"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."

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Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"When you don't come closer to the goal and don't make everyday steps for achieving it, we will not get the results we inwardly set out to attain."

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"Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"How do we change the world is the wrong question to ask or try to answer. We are never stagnant just and neither is the world. It's changing every moment of every day. The real question is how do we develop it."

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

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"Crawl in faith, and you will end up walking. Walk in faith, and you will end up jogging. Jog in faith, and you will end up running. Run in faith, and you will end up sprinting. Sprint in faith, and you will end up soaring."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Nothing happens until something moves."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans."

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