Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.

Quote by Frederick Wilcox

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Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

Progress is not created by contented people

Progress is not created by contented people

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true...

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

The only progress that knowledge allows is in enabling us to describe more and more...

The only progress that knowledge allows is in enabling us to describe more and more...

Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the...

Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the...

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.