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    We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

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Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beast's;
God is, they are,
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Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beast's;
God is, they are,
Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

by Robert Browning Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train.
Are you going sixty miles an read more

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train.
Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty
miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

by Henry George Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

by Robert Browning Found in: Progress Quotes,
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I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Progress Quotes,
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
[Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]

A man prepared has half fought the battle.
[Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]

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There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

by E. J. Klemme Found in: Progress Quotes,
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So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings,
goes but to build up great fortunes, to read more

So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings,
goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make
sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of
Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent.

by Henry George Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

by Stanislaw Lem Found in: Progress Quotes,
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All things journey: sun and moon,
Morning, noon, and afternoon,
Night and all her stars;
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All things journey: sun and moon,
Morning, noon, and afternoon,
Night and all her stars;
'Twixt the east and western bars
Round they journey,
Come and go!
We go with them!

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