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> [The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-whately/the-best-security-against-revolution-is-in-constant-correction-of/)

[Richard Whately](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-whately/)

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> [The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-most-heterogeneous-ideas-are-yoked-by-violence-together-nature/)

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

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> [Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/bureaucracy-destroys-initiative-there-is-little-that-bureaucrats-hate/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/measurement-is-the-first-step-that-leads-to-control-and-eventually-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There is one further distinguishing characteristic of man which is very specific indeed and about which there can be no dispute, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/there-is-one-further-distinguishing-characteristic-of-man-which-is/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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> [The first thing to say about Eve is that she was a big improvement on the Adam design, or that Adam was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-duncan/the-first-thing-to-say-about-eve-is-that-she-was-a-big-improvement-on/)

[Glen Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-duncan/)

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> [We are in the ordinary position of scientists of having to be content with piecemeal improvements: we can make several things clearer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-p-ramsey/we-are-in-the-ordinary-position-of-scientists-of-having-to-be-content/)

[Frank P. Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-p-ramsey/)

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> [Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-james-bailey/leave-the-poor-some-time-for-self-improvement-let-them-not-be-forced/)

[Philip James Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-james-bailey/)

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> [Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-koch/our-current-use-of-time-is-not-rational-there-is-therefore-no-point/)

[Richard Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-koch/)

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> [Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-evans/umpires-like-players-are-expected-to-show-constant-improvement-each/)

[Jim Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-evans/)

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> [Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagel-iii/passion-and-true-passion-is-actually-very-unpredictable-it-heads-in/)

[John Hagel III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hagel-iii/)

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> [Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/educating-all-of-our-children-must-be-one-of-our-most-urgent/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalind-franklin/in-my-view-all-that-is-necessary-for-faith-is-the-belief-that-by-2/)

[Rosalind Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalind-franklin/)

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> [Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-selassie/education-develops-the-intellect-and-the-intellect-distinguishes-man-2/)

[Haile Selassie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haile-selassie/)

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> [Education rears disciples, imitators, and routinists, not pioneers of new ideas and creative geniuses. The schools are not nurseries of progress and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/education-rears-disciples-imitators-and-routinists-not-pioneers-of/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [The backbone of any improvement of governance, its development as well as its protection from any form of wastage or excessiveness, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan/the-backbone-of-any-improvement-of-governance-its-development-as-well/)

[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan/)

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> [There's nothing wrong with self-improvement, as long as you recognize that at some point you're going to have to accept yourself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-zafra/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-self-improvement-as-long-as-you-recognize/)

[Jessica Zafra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-zafra/)

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> [Nothing in this world is so good as usefulness. It binds your fellow-creatures to you, and you to them; it tends to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-benjamin-collins-brodie-1st-baronet/nothing-in-this-world-is-so-good-as-usefulness-it-binds-your-fellow/)

[Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-benjamin-collins-brodie-1st-baronet/)

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> [Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-smiles/experience-serves-to-prove-that-the-worth-and-strength-of-a-state/)

[Samuel Smiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-smiles/)

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> [All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/all-this-improvement-is-great-but-all-that-does-is-get-us-in-the-game/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [And the biggest improvement I see between 'Up in the Air' and 'Juno' and 'Thank You for Smoking' is that 'Up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-reitman/and-the-biggest-improvement-i-see-between-up-in-the-air-and-juno-and/)

[Jason Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-reitman/)

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> [“Love and work. Work and love. Whatever it is we do, whoever it is we love, hopefully we make something better with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shellen-lubin/love-and-work-work-and-love-whatever-it-is-we-do-whoever-it-is-we/)

[Shellen Lubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shellen-lubin/)

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> [Being an informed voter means, at the very least, researching recommendations and endorsements from more than one source and reading both the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-fuchs/being-an-informed-voter-means-at-the-very-least-researching/)

[Jackie Fuchs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-fuchs/)

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> [“Couple with site planning, web improvement additionally assumes a vital part fortify your corporate personality on the World Wide Web. Website composition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/itinfo-club/couple-with-site-planning-web-improvement-additionally-assumes-a/)

[ITinfo Club](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/itinfo-club/)

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> [A guided missile corrects its trajectory as it flies, homing in, say, on the heat of a jet plane's exhaust. A great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/a-guided-missile-corrects-its-trajectory-as-it-flies-homing-in-say-on/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-should-begin-by-setting-conscience-free-when-all-men-of-all/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [“Before any change for the better can take place, a level of understanding is always needed; because without understanding we tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyalwa-dokhampa/before-any-change-for-the-better-can-take-place-a-level-of/)

[Gyalwa Dokhampa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyalwa-dokhampa/)

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> [I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is for others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/i-do-not-know-whether-i-will-be-in-this-place-for-a-short-or-a-long/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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> [If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-korten/if-you-look-internationally-over-the-last-50-years-there-have-been/)

[David Korten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-korten/)

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> [A robust internal auditing program shows its presence both at the beginning and end of continual improvement projects. In the beginning, internal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-novak/a-robust-internal-auditing-program-shows-its-presence-both-at-the/)

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

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> [Solemn Australians think that an interest in design is a superficial and trivial interest. This is actually an improvement, they used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-boyd/solemn-australians-think-that-an-interest-in-design-is-a-superficial/)

[Robin Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-boyd/)

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> [“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Responsibility: Great leaders greet their geniuses through their greatest power of choice, principle-based living and highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anyaele-sam-chiyson/anyaele-sam-chiyson-leadership-law-of-responsibility-great-leaders/)

[Anyaele Sam Chiyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anyaele-sam-chiyson/)

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> [Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-grigson/cabbage-as-a-food-has-problems-it-is-easy-to-grow-a-useful-source-of/)

[Jane Grigson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-grigson/)

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> [“I made a pleasant discovery. You work hard at something eight hours a day, you get better. Not a lot better necessarily,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-made-a-pleasant-discovery-you-work-hard-at-something-eight-hours-a/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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