Advancement Quotes - Page 8

• At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men

  Paul Collier

  Block, Successful, Men

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• Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.

  Watchman Nee

  Spiritual, Faithful, Obedience

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.482, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. To this chiefly it is owing that we find sects and parties in most branches of science [and politics]; and disputes that are carried on from age to age, without being brought to issue.

  Thomas Reid

  Party, Issues, Age

  Thomas Reid, Ronald E. Beanblossom, Keith Lehrer (1983). “Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays”, p.129, Hackett Publishing

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• In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Thankful, Appreciation, Gratitude

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• What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it's making advancement in that area. It never went to one area and couldn't enter to it - that's an indication. How could that army do that if it's a family army or a sect army ? What about the rest of the country who support the government ? It's not realistic, it doesn't happen. Otherwise, the whole country will collapse.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Country, Strong, Army

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• I must break out...
  ...start a new life...
  been here for years...
  might be getting into a rut...
  something a bit more exciting...
  more adventurous...
  something with more of a challenge...
  There's not much opportunity for self-advancement in toilets.

  Raymond Briggs

  Opportunity, Self, Years

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• We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.

  C. S. Lewis

  Passion, Self, Envy

  C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew where everything was. So technically, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, movies are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've got nothing.

  Hugh Jackman

  Real, Character, Two

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• Martin Luther King demeans his race and retards the advancement of his people.

  Strom Thurmond

  Kings, Race, People

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• If you take the approach that “good” is not an accident - that everyone and everything that shows up in your life is there for a reason - you’ll begin to see every event (no matter how difficult or challenging) as a chance for enrichment and advancement in your life.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Life, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Feb 28, 2013

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• Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to ‘Twitter’ transatlantically.

  Hans Rosling

  Queens, Eight, Years

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• No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it. No matter what happens to you, no matter how unfair, inequitable or wrong, there's something you can take from the situation and use for your advancement.

  Peter McWilliams

  Stupid, Learning, Lessons To Be Learned

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Ever so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier into a new era. ... today's announcement is such a breakthrough, a breakthrough that opens the way for massive advancement in the treatment of cancer and hereditary diseases. And that is only the beginning.

  Tony Blair

  Cancer, Science, Progress

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• Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for his subject and for inquiry, he is encouraged to study for the sake of his personal career; he is led to acquire only such knowledge as is serviceable in getting him over the hurdles which he must clear for the sake of his advancement.

  Karl Popper

  Education, Real, Careers

  Karl R. Popper (2013). “The Open Society and Its Enemies”, p.128, Princeton University Press

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• Man cannot pretend to be higher in ethics, spirituality, advancement, or civilization than other creatures and at the same time live by lower standards than the vulture or hyena.

  H. Jay Dinshah

  Equality, Men, Hyenas

  "Compassion, the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism" by Victoria Moran, (p. 32), 1985.

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• Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran.

  Rosalind Wiseman

  Girl, Real, Technology

  "Liberty, Justice, and Freedom of Information for All" by Rosalind Wiseman, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2009.

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• Animal research has lead to advances in the treatment of many conditions... Where there is no alternative available, we will continue to ensure that the balance between animal welfare and scientific advancement is maintained.

  Andy Burnham

  Animal, Balance, Research

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• Once the rudiments of loyalty are in place, the ambitious have been inclined to work with them to promote their own political advancement, and they have availed themselves of the symbols of loyalty to mobilize popular support for their own personal ends.

  Michael Waller

  Loyalty, Support, Political

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• Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad.

  Hideo Kojima

  Thinking, Engineering, Results

  Source: www.ign.com

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• One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is failure

  Eric Hoffer

  Failure, Years, Effort

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• I think what traditional studios probably don't understand is that it's a genuine advancement in the actor's tradition. And you know, the tradition and craft of acting. And it's the latest step. You know, we, we tend to find forms of delivering stories that fit our times.

  Andy Serkis

  Acting, Stories, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• If anyone says that it is possible that at some time, given the advancement of knowledge, a sense may be assigned to the dogmas propounded by the Church which is different from that which the Church has understood and understands: let him be anathema.

  Pope Pius IX

  Church, Different, May

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• When all material advancements utilized in spiritual need that is the real advancement of human civilization.

  Bhakti Charu Swami

  Spiritual, Real, Civilization

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• Today, hundreds of thousands of AIDS patients are under medical treatment, which is a great advancement. But it makes some people reckless.

  Yoweri Museveni

  People, Today, Patient

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• My unlimited desire to create stuff surpasses the advancement in hardware power.

  Hideo Kojima

  Desire, Stuff, Unlimited

  Source: www.ign.com

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