Progress Themes Quotes & Sayings

Greatness begins where mediocrity ends. — Debasish Mridha

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs. — James McGreevey

Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap? — Richard G. Scott

You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit. — Russell Tovey

In my opinion, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from a greaty height. — Barbara Kingsolver

The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination. — Bell Hooks

Prolific libraries take on an independent existence, and become living things ... We may have chosen its themes, and the general pathways along which it will develop, but we can only stand and watch as it invades all the walls of the room, climbs to the ceiling, annexes the other rooms one by one, expelling anything that gets in the way. It eliminates pictures hanging on the walls, or ornaments that obstruct its advance; it moves on with its necessary but cumbersome acolytes
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and forces its owner into constant reorganization since its progress is not linear and calls for ever new kinds of diviion. At the same time, it is undeniably the reflection, the twin image of its master. To anyone with the insight to decode it, the fundamental character of the librarian will emerge as one's eye travels along the bookshelves. indeed no library of any size is like another, none has the same personality. (pp. 30-31) — Jacques Bonnet

No rendering can really simulate the way the light bounces off the bronze panel. From some angles, it's almost a mirror, and from others it's a matte surface. — Michael Arad

Great salt choices include Celtic Sea Salt, Himalayan Sea Salt, and Real Salt. — Lauren Geertsen

The substance of true success is the discovery of who you really are. — Alain Yaovi M. Dagba

Some BuzzFeed articles are written by smart people who use complete sentences. Some of the disposable lists are witty and appear to have taken some effort to put together. — Alex Pareene

Or we may be caught in a cycle of frustration because we realize we are split from our authentic selves but cannot figure out how to cultivate and nourish our relationship with ourselves. — Massimilla Harris

Like me, it is comfortably lethal in a wide range of environments. — Daniel H. Wilson

Let us remember that humanity's story has only two perennially recurring themes: struggle and progress. — Brendon Burchard

Even facts become fictions without adequate ways of seeing "the facts". We do not need theories so much as the experience that is the source of the theory. We are not satisfied with faith, in the sense of an implausible hypothesis irrationally held: we demand to experience the "evidence". — R.D. Laing

Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress; it is a matter of following the idea one wants to express and the way in which one wants to express it. — Pablo Picasso

Faith had no idea if he meant liquor, sex or a game of twister but she was up for all three. — Amy Andrews