Greatness, above all else, requires that we have the wisdom, patience and humility to realize that in order to succeed and progress we need to incorporate the efforts of all -- not just those we've deemed worthy to be members of our tribe.
The Bible says that God created mankind in his image (Genesis 1: 26-27), and it is logical to realize that the human mind is able to increasingly succeed, make progress, in understanding the universe because the human mind has a resemblance of the divine mind.
His subtheme was that progress wasn't even succeeding as progress.
In either case, the clash may have been caused by the preceding activity progressing more slowly than expected and/or the succeeding activity progressing more quickly than expected.
We were optimistic that his appeal would succeed, but its progress was glacial.
Kerry had expressed confidence on Friday that there was a framework for a ceasefire agreement which could ultimately succeed, saying "serious progress" had been made, although he admitted there was more work to do.
"It is apparent that there is a strong and widespread desire to deliver a really exciting league season that provides well-run clubs at all levels of the game with opportunities to flourish, succeed and make progress.
He claims that normal science can succeed in making progress only if there is a strong commitment by the relevant scientific community to their shared theoretical beliefs, values, instruments and techniques, and even metaphysics.
Their unique plan to structure a government system that would check the power of the executive -- wisely called "checks and balances" -- has allowed us to succeed and make progress even when our President is misguided or has made a mistake.
But the work and pensions secretary said problems had been solved and the benefit, currently being piloted, was "succeeding" and "progressing".
