#Progress

"The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation."

"Nothing is born of nothing, least of all knowledge, modernity, or enlightened thought; progress is made in tiny surges, in successive laps, like an endless relay race. But there are links without which nothing would be passed on, and for that reason, they deserve the gratitude of all who benefited from them."

"I do feel strongly that string theory is our best hope for making progress at unifying gravity and quantum mechanics."

"Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals."

"No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere."

"Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves."

"I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration."

"Temporis filia veritas; cui me obstetricari non pudet.Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife."

"As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning."

"To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people."

"We can live forever even with an impactful shorter-life."

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

"The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."

"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."

"Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground."

"I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself."

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

"On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future."

"Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress."