Hermann Hesse Quotes

The great thing in this word is not so much where we stand, as in which direction we are moving.

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

There is no such thing as standing still.

Everything in my life has been a stepping-stone to something else.

This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the time.

It ain't about going backwards. It's about moving forward.

Every chapter in life helps you move forward.

Every single step, although I couldn't see it, was a step forward and built to where I am now.

I don't think I've arrived. I think I'm continuing to get there, getting closer and closer to where I want to go. But I'm not there yet.

Going from--toward; it is the history of every one of us.

Further up and further in!

A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

Wherever we are, it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else, and whatever we do, however well we do it, it is only a preparation to do something else that shall be different.

Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.

Life isn't about the final moments, it's about the journey, it's about process. What makes 'Rocky' work as a movie is seeing him working his way up from the streets to the arena and the fight of his life. You could just show that fight, and it would be great, but seeing that journey illuminates that fight and adds profound meaning to it.

Life is a work in progress.

It's so crazy to look at your life and see how far you've come.

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.

There is no standing still because time is moving forward.

The good thing is that life is sometimes a work in progress.

I want to get more and more sophisticated. I'm ready to go from being a kid to being a king.

I'm always moving forward.

It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.