“Everything in the world is conducted by gradual process. This seems to...” — William Godwin Quote

“Everything in the world is conducted by gradual process. This seems to be the great principle of harmony in the universe.”

“He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.”

“Hope is in some respects a thing more brilliant, more vivifying, than fruition. What we have looked forward to with eager and earnest aspiration is never in all respects equal to the picture we had formed of it. The very uncertainty enhances the enjoyment.”

“Some players hit the heights straight away, for me it's been gradual improvement.”

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

“My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.”