The greatest asset an individual can have is the spirit of progress. Without it all else is largely in vain. With it every good thing is possible. What is the spirit of progress? It is the desire to know what constitutes true success and the willingness to take the patient steps which lead to it; the desire to correct errors, traits and tendencies which retard progress and the willingness to receive new ideas and act upon them; the desire to act from sound motives and the willingness to give up false and temporary success for vital and permanent growth; the eagerness to utilize every wholesome opportunity, the enthusiasm to strive for excellence for its own sake and the energy to push on, pausing only when the victory is won. … The spirit of progress must come from within, must spring up in a moment of noble resolve, and must never be allowed to die, never to wane, never to waver.
– Waldo Pondray Warren, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, May 20, 1907
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