Free time is the enemy of progress
Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in our time. It is the cancer at the heart of so many of the world's problems.
Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish
The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.
Delay is the enemy of progress.
The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and damp the sprits of its friends all over the civilized world... [The American Civil War] is destined to be a turning point, for good or evil, of the course of human affairs.