Advancement Quotes - Page 2
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
John Stuart Mill (1989). “J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings”, p.70, Cambridge University Press
Ivan Illich (1970). “The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays”
Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.352
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters (2014). “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future”, p.10, Crown Business
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women (1990)
Charles Darwin, James T. Costa (2009). “The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species”, p.244, Harvard University Press
William Bligh (1792). “A Voyage to the South Sea Undertaken by Command of His Majesty: For the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, One of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies ...”, p.3
Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.
Henry Latham Doherty (1923). “Principles and ideas for Doherty men: papers, addresses and letters”