"Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress."

Progress, Cause, Effect, Literature

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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."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Progress, Now, Taxes

"Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Progress, Science, Hope, Faith

"I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

Progress, Literary, Myths

"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."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Goal, Action, Achievement

"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

Progress, Darkness, Exploration, Life

"The progress of the world can certainly never come at all save by the modified action of the individual beings who compose the world."

George Eliot, British Author

Progress, World, Individual, Change

"Consistency is good, but progress is better."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Progress, Consistency, Improvement, Change

"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

Progress, Development, Change, Responsibility

"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

Progress, Faith, Growth, Persistence, Journey

"Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Progress, Goal, Truth, Power, Focus

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"Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men."

Imagination

"Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving."

Beauty

"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."

Art

"The only cure for grief is action."

Action

"The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions."

Philosophy

"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."

Success

"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so."

Being

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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."

"Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men."

"I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene."

"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."

"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."

"The progress of the world can certainly never come at all save by the modified action of the individual beings who compose the world."

"Consistency is good, but progress is better."

"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."

"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."

"Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal."

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"Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without."

"The public can only be really moved by what is genuine."

"A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet."

"Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men."

"Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving."

"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."

"The only cure for grief is action."

"The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions."

"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."

"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so."