Harry Chapin Quotes

You are either going forward or you are not.

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

Unless you go forward then you are going back.

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

Unless we progress, we regress.

To stand still is to regress.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

If anything's progressive, then we make progress.

There is no such thing as standing still.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

Movement isn't progress.

If you're not growing, you're dying, and I'm not ready for that.

Staying stagnant is not okay.

He who moves not forward, goes backward.

Anything is better than stagnation.

Everything must change, everything must move forward.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Reform can only move forward. It cannot stagnate. Even more so, it can’t move backward.

I know that without change there would be no progress, but I am not going to mistake mere change for progress.

If you are satisfied, you will never see any more progress. One remains dissatisfied, but that doesn't mean that things are not happening.

Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving.

Progress often masquerades as trouble.

Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.

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