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title: "Inspiring Improvement Sayings"
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> [I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-ford-jr/i-am-a-huge-supporter-for-cash-for-caulkers-which-allows-people-to/)

[Harold Ford, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-ford-jr/)

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> [“This ability to perfect the products of others stems from a laser-like focus on continuous improvement, which owes as much to Buddhist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tudor/this-ability-to-perfect-the-products-of-others-stems-from-a-laser/)

[Daniel Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tudor/)

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> [Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-summitt/accountability-is-essential-to-personal-growth-as-well-as-team-growth/)

[Pat Summitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-summitt/)

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> [In a world where routine production is footloose...competitive advantage lies not in one-time breakthroughs but in continual improvements. Stable technologies get away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/in-a-world-where-routine-production-is-footloose-competitive/)

[Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/)

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> [I find that low protein diets often contribute to improvement in patients with immune system problems ... In fact, it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-weil/i-find-that-low-protein-diets-often-contribute-to-improvement-in/)

[Andrew Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-weil/)

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> [For connecting the government and private sector, while breaking through infamous federal bureaucracy, Ivanka Trump is exactly what Washington needed. She's making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-pavlich/for-connecting-the-government-and-private-sector-while-breaking/)

[Katie Pavlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-pavlich/)

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> [“More important than the actual improvements that individuals contribute, the true value of continuous improvement is in creating an atmosphere of continuous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-k-liker/more-important-than-the-actual-improvements-that-individuals/)

[Jeffrey K. Liker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-k-liker/)

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> [The desire for success is inherent within all of us. It is a part of our nature to want to grow, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-proctor/the-desire-for-success-is-inherent-within-all-of-us-it-is-a-part-of/)

[Bob Proctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-proctor/)

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> [To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/to-attempt-social-reform-educational-reform-industrial-expansion-the/)

[Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/)

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> [Ultimately, I would like to say yes, conditions have improved, but there is still vast room for more improvement; we are still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-peltier/ultimately-i-would-like-to-say-yes-conditions-have-improved-but-there/)

[Leonard Peltier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-peltier/)

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> [Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/whenever-people-talk-glibly-of-a-need-to-achieve-educational/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-zukav/your-life-is-yours-to-live-no-matter-how-you-choose-to-live-it-when/)

[Gary Zukav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-zukav/)

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> [By adopting the other trade, we place ourselves by the side of those whose measures tend not only to the improvement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-charles-carey/by-adopting-the-other-trade-we-place-ourselves-by-the-side-of-those/)

[Henry Charles Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-charles-carey/)

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> [Enlightenment is beyond self-improvement and spiritual seeking. It is the final resolution of a case of mistaken identity. It is the direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-crowley/enlightenment-is-beyond-self-improvement-and-spiritual-seeking-it-is/)

[Gary Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-crowley/)

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> [Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/ironically-the-thing-that-will-likely-make-the-least-improvement-in/)

[Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/)

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> [“You were saved not by work, but for work. Do it till all is done. By your Inventions, Innovations, Initiatives, Improvements, Involvements,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/you-were-saved-not-by-work-but-for-work-do-it-till-all-is-done-by/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [The improvement of the understanding is for two ends; first, for our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-improvement-of-the-understanding-is-for-two-ends-first-for-our/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [“Do it again. Play it again. Sing it again. Read it again. Write it again. Sketch it again. Rehearse it again. Run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-e-goodrich/do-it-again-play-it-again-sing-it-again-read-it-again-write-it-again/)

[Richelle E. Goodrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-e-goodrich/)

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> [It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-carnegie/it-is-not-the-rich-man-s-son-that-the-young-struggler-for-advancement/)

[Andrew Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-carnegie/)

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> [An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-eagleton/an-enlightened-trust-in-the-sovereignty-of-human-reason-can-be-every/)

[Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-eagleton/)

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> [Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expence of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/good-roads-canals-and-navigable-rivers-by-diminishing-the-expence-of/)

[Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/)

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> [Life is only the amount of work and effort that you put into it. The harder you work to surround yourself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adar-burks/life-is-only-the-amount-of-work-and-effort-that-you-put-into-it-the/)

[Adar Burks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adar-burks/)

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> [Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/since-being-a-prisoner-was-a-definite-improvement-over-being-dead/)

[Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/)

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> [If we have learned nothing else from the 20th century, we should at least have grasped that the more perfect the answer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/if-we-have-learned-nothing-else-from-the-20th-century-we-should-at/)

[Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/)

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> [I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-koryta/i-think-pressure-can-be-an-incentive-toward-improvement-and-while-i-m/)

[Michael Koryta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-koryta/)

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> [In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vartan-gregorian/in-our-democratic-society-the-library-stands-for-hope-for-learning/)

[Vartan Gregorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vartan-gregorian/)

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> [One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-steffens/one-improvement-i-have-learned-from-my-childhood-experience-with-my/)

[Lincoln Steffens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-steffens/)

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> [“When you begin to expect that there is always room for improvement, you put yourself in the driver’s seat. Why wait for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorii-myers/when-you-begin-to-expect-that-there-is-always-room-for-improvement/)

[Lorii Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorii-myers/)

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> [It is important for the common good to foster individuality: for only the individual can produce the new ideas which the community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-is-important-for-the-common-good-to-foster-individuality-for-only/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [You want continual improvement? Then I challenge every employee in an organization to discard the status quo and ask themselves everyday, How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-novak/you-want-continual-improvement-then-i-challenge-every-employee-in-an/)

[John Novak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-novak/)

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> [Every man, however obscure, however far removed from the general recognition, is one of a group of men impressible for good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/every-man-however-obscure-however-far-removed-from-the-general/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [How nations and races of men are to be so governed as may be most conducive to the improvement and happiness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/how-nations-and-races-of-men-are-to-be-so-governed-as-may-be-most/)

[William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/)

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> [For Star Trek proves, as faulty as individual episodes could be, is that the much-maligned common man and common woman has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-roddenberry/for-star-trek-proves-as-faulty-as-individual-episodes-could-be-is/)

[Gene Roddenberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-roddenberry/)

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> [It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vartan-gregorian/it-meant-that-new-york-philanthropists-new-york-society-would-now/)

[Vartan Gregorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vartan-gregorian/)

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> [Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.. Put yourself in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robbins/only-those-who-have-learned-the-power-of-sincere-and-selfless-2/)

[Tony Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robbins/)

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> [If you try to improve the performance of a system of people, machines, and procedures by setting numerical goals for the improvement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myron-tribus/if-you-try-to-improve-the-performance-of-a-system-of-people-machines/)

[Myron Tribus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myron-tribus/)

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> [How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-calhoun/how-can-those-who-are-invested-with-the-power-of-government-be/)

[John C. Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-calhoun/)

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> [The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-trade-of-advertising-is-now-so-near-to-perfection-that-it-is-not/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-jintao/the-political-restructuring-we-pursue-in-china-is-aimed-at-advancing/)

[Hu Jintao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-jintao/)

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> [To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-baillie/to-struggle-when-hope-is-banished-to-live-when-life-s-salt-is-gone-to-2/)

[Joanna Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-baillie/)

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