Quotes about Advancement

Slavery] will yield in time to temperate & steady pursuit, to the enlargement of the human mind, and its advancement in science. We are not in a world ungoverned by the laws and the power of a superior agent, our efforts are in his hand, and directed by it; and he will give them their effect in his own time.

Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.

Society can only pursue its normal course by means of a certain progression of changes.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

God always wants us to be growing.

I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.

My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.

What I value is that I have been able to do some modest work to help women rise to the level of their potential.

Computers double their performance every month.