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Progress Quotes

"The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced."

"The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Without constructive skepticism, without human progress."

"Without constructive skepticism, without human progress."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Progress, Skepticism, Humanity, Science

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"What is natural, needs to be looked upon, scrutinized and reshaped by each generation of the world, to make it compatible with the path of progress of a civilized society."

"What is natural, needs to be looked upon, scrutinized and reshaped by each generation of the world, to make it compatible with the path of progress of a civilized society."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Progress, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

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"Progress, You can see how well you are doing on achieving your goals, after you start something."

"Progress, You can see how well you are doing on achieving your goals, after you start something."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Progress, Goal, Achievement, Effort

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"Don't ever let anyone or anything stop you from pushing forward with your past behind you. The land of success and happiness is big enough for everybody to reside in."

"Don't ever let anyone or anything stop you from pushing forward with your past behind you. The land of success and happiness is big enough for everybody to reside in."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Progress, Past, Success, Happiness

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"The reason of the close concurrence between the individual's progress and that of the race appears, therefore, when we remember the dependence of each upon the other."

"The reason of the close concurrence between the individual's progress and that of the race appears, therefore, when we remember the dependence of each upon the other."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

Progress, Dependence, Race, Reason

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"Peculiar I say, how so often the smallest, most seemingly insignificant details later unveil their faces as vital means for progression."

"Peculiar I say, how so often the smallest, most seemingly insignificant details later unveil their faces as vital means for progression."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Progress, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"True progress happens slowly, unnoticeable, like a flower blooms slowly and silently."

"True progress happens slowly, unnoticeable, like a flower blooms slowly and silently."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Progress, Growth, Change, Patience

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"The step that we are on is only a step to the next place, and no step regardless of how massive is ever a destination."

"The step that we are on is only a step to the next place, and no step regardless of how massive is ever a destination."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Progress, Truth, Future, Wisdom, Inspirational

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"You are moving forward one way or another."

"You are moving forward one way or another."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Progress, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"Even a great philosophical idea when mixed with mysticism, turns into a dangerous weapon that becomes an impediment in the path of progress of developing communities."

"Even a great philosophical idea when mixed with mysticism, turns into a dangerous weapon that becomes an impediment in the path of progress of developing communities."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Progress, Philosophy, Truth, Power, Mysticism

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"Failure is only a step towards success."

"Failure is only a step towards success."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Failure, Success, Steps, Growth

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"Change is a quintessential element of progress. Without change, progress is non-existent."

"Change is a quintessential element of progress. Without change, progress is non-existent."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Progress, Truth, Change, Future, Inspirational

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"Never become a slave to tradition, learn to foresee new things."

"Never become a slave to tradition, learn to foresee new things."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Tradition, Innovation, Change, Growth

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"Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper functioning of a key element of the human mind, that is reasoning."

"Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper functioning of a key element of the human mind, that is reasoning."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Progress, Power, Wisdom, Future, Truth

"What will make you great today will never make you great tomorrow! The airplane that Wilbur and Orville Wright invented in 1906 would be seen as a scrap today. It becomes valueless with time."

"What will make you great today will never make you great tomorrow! The airplane that Wilbur and Orville Wright invented in 1906 would be seen as a scrap today. It becomes valueless with time."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Progress, Innovation, Time, Change, Technology

"In terms of technological progress,the public is slower than focus group."

"In terms of technological progress,the public is slower than focus group."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Progress, Truth, Wisdom, Future, Power

"I might not have risen to destroy people's beliefs, but some beliefs do need destruction if the human society is meant to progress in harmony instead of sinking into the depths of illustrious interhuman conflicts. Meekness-induced prejudices have no place in the society of thinking humanity."

"I might not have risen to destroy people's beliefs, but some beliefs do need destruction if the human society is meant to progress in harmony instead of sinking into the depths of illustrious interhuman conflicts. Meekness-induced prejudices have no place in the society of thinking humanity."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Progress, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"If there is progress anywhere it is because there has been people who worked for it not just prayed for it."

"If there is progress anywhere it is because there has been people who worked for it not just prayed for it."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Work, Effort, Faith

"If we were to suppose that mankind never can or will be in a better condition, it seems impossible to justify by any kind of theodicy the mere fact that such a race of corrupt beings could have been created on earth at all."

"If we were to suppose that mankind never can or will be in a better condition, it seems impossible to justify by any kind of theodicy the mere fact that such a race of corrupt beings could have been created on earth at all."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Progress, Humanity, Hope, Philosophy

"Life rewards action. To get from where you are now to where you want to be requires forward movement and momentum. Although you may already know what it takes to bridge the gap, simply knowing what to do is not enough."

"Life rewards action. To get from where you are now to where you want to be requires forward movement and momentum. Although you may already know what it takes to bridge the gap, simply knowing what to do is not enough."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Progress, Action, Success, Power, Today

"A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known."

"A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Progress, Man, Opinion

"We must eradicate ignorance and illiteracy from our nations and continent to the nearest minimum for us to have a national development."

"We must eradicate ignorance and illiteracy from our nations and continent to the nearest minimum for us to have a national development."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Ignorance, Illiteracy, National Development, Education

"A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits."

"A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Progress, Process, Productivity, Work

"If the humanity does not poison the minds of the children with all sort of religious craps, the new generations of humanity will soon create a new world order where reason and logic will be the sole guide, the sole savior!"

"If the humanity does not poison the minds of the children with all sort of religious craps, the new generations of humanity will soon create a new world order where reason and logic will be the sole guide, the sole savior!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Progress, Truth, Future, Inspirational, Wisdom

"The absence of knowledge of the truths about money leads to poverty and financial slavery."

"The absence of knowledge of the truths about money leads to poverty and financial slavery."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Growth, Learning, Faith, Success

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