Continuing and Progressing

​To reach a goal, we must continue onward . . . standing still and wishing accomplishes nothing . . .
 
“Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)
 
“I’ve always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.” -Beverly Sills (1929 - 2007)
 
“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.): “Sophist” (360 B.C.E.)
 
“We should not only make progress but we should keep happy and harmonious.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924)): “How to Get What You Want” (1917)
 
“The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
 
“It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
 
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
 
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, ‘There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.’” -A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956)): “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928): Chapter Six
 
“It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” -Confucius (also known as K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))
 
“In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915))

“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” -Author Unknown
 
“I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am - and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.” -Henry J. Kaiser (Henry John Kaiser (1882 - 1967))
 
“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind. Don’t be afraid of being out of tune with your environment, and above all pray God that you are not afraid to live, to live hard and fast. To my way of thinking, it is not the years in your life but the life in your years that count in the long run. You’ll have more fun, you’ll do more and you’ll get more, you’ll give more satisfaction the more you know, the more you have worked, and the more you have lived. For yours is a great adventure at a stirring time in the annals of men.” -Adlai Stevenson (Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 - 1965))
 
“I didn’t come this far to only come this far.” -Author Unknown
 
“In the final analysis, there is no solution to man’s progress but the day’s honest work, the day’s honest decisions, the day’s generous utterances, and the day’s good deed.” -Clare Boothe Luce (1903 -1987)
 
“Yield not to misfortunes but advance all the more boldly against them.” -Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.))
 
“All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance, and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount difficulties and stand up manfully against misfortune.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Self-Help” (1859)
 
“Be content with what you have, but never with what you are.” -Author Unknown
 
“There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime but I’m afraid it’s heading in the wrong direction.” -Ogden Nash (Frederick Ogden ‘Ogden’ Nash (1902 - 1971))
 
“Experience teaches that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and most obvious improvements, in the most ordinary occupations, are adopted with hesitation, reluctance, and by slow gradations.” -Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 - 1804)
 
“Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.” -Russell W. Davenport
 
“Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.” -Louis L’Amour (born Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908 - 1988))
 
“Results happen over time, not overnight. Work hard, stay consistent, and be patient.” -Author Unknown
 
“Take pride in how far you have come, have faith in how far you can go.” -Author Unknown
 
“Keep on going, and chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))
 
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” -J. P. Morgan (John Pierpont Morgan, Senior (1837 - 1913))
 
“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don’t just stick there scowling at the problem. But don’t make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people’s words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.” -Hilary Mantel
 
“Do not let time pass without accomplishing something. Otherwise you will regret it when your hair turns gray.” -Yue Fei (C.E. 1103 - C.E. 1141)
 
“You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.” -Frederick Douglass (pseudonym of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1817 - 1895)): “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” (1881); type of work: autobiography
 
“Great ideas are the fuel of progress. Act on your ideas. Ideas in action solve problems, achieve goals and, as much as anything can, assure a happy life.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

​The question on everybody’s mind is, ‘What’s next?’
 
“The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans (1819 - 1880)): “Scenes of Clerical Life” (1858), ‘Janet’s Repentance,’ Chapter 10
 
“Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of ourselves.” -Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858 - 1901)
 
“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done. Then they begin to hope it can be done. Then they see it can be done. Then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett (Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924))
 
“Progress is not created by contented people.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)
 
“Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
 
“Strive for progress, not perfection.” -Author Unknown
 
“The course of true anything never does run smooth.” -Samuel Butler (1613 - 1680)
 
“If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.” -Robert G. Ingersoll (Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll (1833 - 1899))
 
“Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.” -Lauren Bacall (born 1924)
 
“I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.” -Author Unknown
 
“Following-through is the only thing that separates dreamers from people that accomplish great things.” -Gene Hayden
 
“All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.” -Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
 
“You are making progress if each mistake is a new one.” -Author Unknown
 
“He who moves not forward goes backward.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“Sometimes we have one thing we have left undone which occupies our minds so completely that we cannot do all of the other many things we also must do. It seems that only if we deliberately take the time and effort to accomplish that one thing which blocks all other progress, can we then move on to accomplish all of the many other things we need to do. Sometimes it is simply a chore or talking to one specific person about some specific matter.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“It is by those who have suffered that the world has been advanced.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))
 
“When we feel stuck, going nowhere - even starting to slip backward - we may actually be backing up to get a running start.” -Dan Millman (Daniel Jay ‘Dan’ Millman (born February 1946))
 
“The distance a person goes is not as important as the direction.” -Author Unknown
 
“It is by tiny steps that we ascend [to] the stars.” -Jack Leedstrom
 
“Little by little, one travels far.” -J. R. R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973))
 
“The most important thing is not where we are but where we are going.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“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.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963))
 
“Not to go back is somewhat to advance.” -Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))
 
“Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947))
 
“Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.” -James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
 
“Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things ready-made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends anymore.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger (1900 - 1944))
 
“Men have learned to travel farther and faster, though on errands not conspicuously improved. This, I believe, is called progress.” -Willis Fisher
 
“There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.” -Norman Mailer (born 1923)
 
“Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less.” -Norman Mailer (born 1923)
 
“Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” -Author Unknown
 
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” -Glenn Clark
 
“Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.” -Jules Verne
 
“We do more talking progress than we do progressing.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935)): as quoted in Ben Yagoda: “Will Rogers: A Biography” (1993)
 
“It does not matter how long it takes you as long as you never give up.” -Author Unknown
 
“Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion; while nothing is so foolish and baseless.” -Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881)
 
“Stop this Progress!” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells): “Things to Come” movie; line spoken by fictional character Theotocopulos
 
“Where will you be in five years? Develop a plan, and then activate that plan to put yourself where you want to be in five years. Be sure to update your five-year plan at least annually in order to stay ahead of the game.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944)
 
“We conquer - not in any brilliant fashion - we conquer by continuing.” -George Matheson (1842 - 1906)
 
“The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): as quoted in Evan Esar: “The Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1951), page 103
 
“I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison)
 
“In order to get from what was to what will be, you must go through what is.” -Author Unknown
 
“And gain is gain, however small.” -Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
 
“The issue of time is not what we have done but what we have become. It soon becomes apparent that the critical element is progress, not longevity. The question is not how much time we have logged, but how far we have progressed.” -Dallin H. Oaks (Dallin Harris Oaks (born 1932))
 
“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.” -Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)
 
“Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
 
“Not to go back is somewhat to advance.” -Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
 
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950): “Man and Superman” (1903), ‘Maxims for Revolutionists’; type of work: play
 
“I may not be there yet, but I’m on my way!” -Author Unknown
 
“All progress occurs because people dare to be different.” -Harry Milner
 
“Do your best every day, and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.” -Horotio W. Dresser (Horatio Willis Dresser (1866 - 1954))
 
We are MFOL! . . . Onward and Upward! . . . now that’s progress . . .