Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
Our object in these remarks has been not only to account for the slow progress which has as yet been made by Political Economy, and to suggest means by which its advancement may be accelerated, but also to warn the reader of the nature of the following Treatise.
The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.
Women's progress has been a collective effort.
Let's start getting some free trade agreements started as soon as we can. We need to get on with it; we need to get a grip and make progress.
I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.
Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.
Selling beauty is something I can understand. Even selling false beauty seems perfectly natural; it's a sign of progress.
One of the good things about consulting is that you leave the writers' room for a couple of days, things progress, you come back, and you might have a fresher take.
I'm often asked what it takes to be 'Series A ready' in terms of metrics, progress, and traction. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer.
There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is satisfaction in seeing that the Iraqis are successful in resisting the United States.
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.
You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way, so you can progress in life.
To try and act like we haven't had great progress is not true. Obama didn't fail - he changed the psyche of the nation and, in some ways, the world.
The march of progress must continue.
When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
Religion, as it is understood in the West, does not lead toward progress, and science does not lead toward humanism.
We need to figure out how to merge political progress with actual progress.
Slavery to monarchs and ministers, which the world will be long freeing itself from, and whose deadly grasp stops the progress of the human mind, is not yet abolished.
For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead? Join hands in the biggest challenge of all, where we all win, or we all lose: the battle for the survival and progress of our one and only country.
I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left.
If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a 'time out' from technological progress as we know it.
Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
Indeed, we often mark our progress in science by improvements in imaging.
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.
We're building a movement. It's undeniably a work in progress, but there's a fundamental desire to see capitalism to do something different.
The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person.
Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.
The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke.
That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does not give us information about ecological systems, it only gives information about financial systems.
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
Ultimately, progress and innovation win.
I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating.
