“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” Henry Ford
“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; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.” C. S. Lewis
“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” Benjamin Franklin
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” Khalil Gibran
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” John F. Kennedy
“Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.” Robert Kennedy
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” Thomas A. Edison
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” Cesar Chavez
“Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.” Karl Marx
“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” Frederick Douglass
It cannot be said better than it has been said before.
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