#advancement

Bad luck with women is a determined man's road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This goes to show that great men are made great because they once learned how to fight the feeling of rejection. ↗

— Criss Jami

#affliction #anger #bad #bad-luck #determination

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

#self-advancement #dreams

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science. ↗

— Peter Agre

#also #because #discoveries #fundamental #honor

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

#asked #comes #doing #habitually #more

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge. ↗

— William Bligh

#been #command #former #his #increase

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#advancement #also #commentary #continue #exponential

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do. ↗

— Clarence Clemons

#being #community #involved #most #natural

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#been #carnegie #century #existence #foundation

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#aid #ambitious #contribute #fortunes #his

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#before #bodies #cool #go #great