Forward Progress Quotes

• Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

  Stephen Ambrose

  War, Winning, Progress

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• There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Life, Perseverance, Teaching

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• Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Ideas, Progress, Battle

  "Science of Survival". Book by L. Ron Hubbard, 1951.

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• Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

  Victor Kiam

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Men

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

  Conrad Hall

  Inspirational, Education, Moving

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• There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move.

  Edgar Cayce

  Moving, Progress, Keep Moving Forward

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• The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Inspirational, Change, Art

  Alfred North Whitehead, David Ray Griffin (1978). “Process and reality: an essay in cosmology”, Free Pr

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• Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.

  Walt Disney

  Moving Forward, Long, Creative

  "Meet the Robinsons". The ending credits of the movie, 2007.

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• He who moves not forward, goes backward.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Courage, Moving, Growth

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3084, Delphi Classics

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• Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Horse, Crazy, Moving

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• Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!

  Joyce Meyer

  Mean, Progress, Feels

  Twitter post from Jul 2, 2014

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• The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Order, Giving, Progress

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• Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.

  John C. Maxwell

  Change, Strong, Moving Forward

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• The story of the entrepreneur... is the story of forward progress, of pursuing one's dreams and goals no matter how outlandish they seem to others. The entrepreneur, like the pioneer, pushes boundaries in search of what's new, what's next. Sometimes, he brings the whole society with him, rushing forward together into a next phase of our communal human life.

  Sam Wyly

  Dream, Rushing, Goal

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• Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.

  El-P

  Years, People, Progress

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't believe in "writer's block". I try and deal with getting stuck by having more than one thing to work on at a time. And by knowing that even a hundred bad words that didn't exist before is forward progress.

  Neil Gaiman

  Block, Believe, Knowing

  "Interview with Neil Gaiman". Writers and Artists Interview, www.writersandartists.co.uk.

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• So long as we have held fast to voluntary principles and have been actuated and inspired by the spirit of service, we have sustained our forward progress, and we have made our labor movement something to be respected and accorded a place in the councils of the Republic. Where we have blundered into trying to force a policy or decision, even though wise and right, we have impeded if not interrupted the realization of our own aims.

  Samuel Gompers

  Wise, Long, Decision

  Samuel Gompers, John McBride, William Green (1948). “The American Federationist”

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• In times of adversity - for the country we love - Maryland always chooses to move forward. Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we move forward or back: this too is a choice.

  Martin O'Malley

  Country, Jobs, Moving

  Gov. Martin O'Malley DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• Listening and being curious and wide-eyed in the world, I think, is what allows us to move forward, progress, evolve and learn and alter our behavior and become more self-aware. I think that listening is kind of what its all about.

  Andrew Zuckerman

  Moving, Thinking, Self

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• Writing in a journal each day, with a structured, strategic process allows you to direct your focus to what you did accomplish, what you're grateful for, and what you're committed to doing better tomorrow. Thus, you more deeply enjoy your journey each day, feel good about any forward progress you made, and use a heightened level of clarity to accelerate your results.

  Hal Elrod

  Grateful, Writing, Journey

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