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Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at read more
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all read 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.
Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral
with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution read more
Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral
with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and
dissolution.
He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward, who would keep read more
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of
truth.