Maxioms Pet

X
  •   8  /  18  

    From lower to the higher next,
    Not to the top, is Nature's text;
    And embryo good, to reach full stature,
    Absorbs the evil in its nature.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  6  /  10  

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  13  /  17  

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

by Gerald Stanley Lee Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  5  /  18  

What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.

What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.

by Henry Havelock Ellis Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  16  

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,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  6  /  11  

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three
thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation read more

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three
thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation
Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist
that there is no such thing as progress.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  18  

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  32  /  40  

Westward the star of empire takes its way.

Westward the star of empire takes its way.

by John Quincy Adams Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  15  

Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
read more

Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
And do the best to climb, and get to him.

by Robert Browning Found in: Progress Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  36  /  51  

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Maxioms Web Pet