Progress Quotes

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all more

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, more

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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

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

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent more

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has
had before.