John A. Powell Quotes

The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.

Real change happens a step at a time.

We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

… evolution over revolution.

Growth is often a painful process.

Success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else.

It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.

I think each thing in a way acts as a stepping - stone for whatever the next thing is.

Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.

History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.

Change in my work happens not in revolutions - it's more evolutionary.

I think of each new season as an evolution, not a change in style.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

The trouble with progress is that it tends to happen slowly and quietly. It's not necessarily going to shout about itself, or make the nightly news like a disaster or a scandal would.

In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

Life is just an ongoing process.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Change is incremental and real change, enduring change, occurs one step at a time.

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

Change is always something you have to go through.

When change takes place gradually, it's difficult to comprehend its meaning.

I am always for change. But I believe in slow and inevitable change and not a forced one, all of a sudden.

It's kind of amazing to see that progress happens over time.

Life is an evolution.