Improvement Quotes

1077 Improvement quotes by 727 unique authors

We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax… — David Price
Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most… — James Monroe
The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that… — Richard Whately
All intellectual improvement arises from leisure. — Samuel Johnson
We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer, more spiritual, more… — Chogyam Trungpa
The application of a strong magnetic field enables the measurement of the energy of the most penetrating particles to be carried out, and the method… — Victor Francis Hess
One of the most important improvements in the No Child Left Behind Act for migrant students was the requirement for electronic transfer of migrant student… — Ruben Hinojosa
The people of South and Central Texas and the Coastal Bend need jobs, they need health care, they need water infrastructure improvements, they need a… — Ruben Hinojosa
We're told the old-school imperialists were racists, that they thought of the wogs as inferior. But, if so, they at least considered them capable of… — Mark Steyn
Do the American voters know that the unprecedented improvement in their standard of living that the last hundred years brought was the result of the… — Ludwig von Mises
My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through the mind. That's… — Tiger Woods
Every man, however obscure, however far removed from the general recognition, is one of a group of men impressible for good, and impressible for evil,… — Charles Dickens
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old, condensation to that which was… — Charles Caleb Colton
Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm. — William Feather
To face tomorrow with the thought of using the methods of yesterday is to envision life at a standstill. To keep ahead, each one of… — James F. Bell, III
It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor… — Andrew Carnegie
There isn't a plant or a business on earth that couldn't stand a few improvements-and be better for them. Someone is going to think of… — Roger Babson
Faultfinding without suggestions for improvement is a waste of time. — Ralph C. Smedley
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement… — Rosalind Franklin
Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities. — Alan Greenspan
We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; all… — Vladimir Lenin
But even labeling a site as astronomical is an improvement, since it partially sidesteps the old stereotype of Indians being primitive and ignorant savages. — Vine Deloria, Jr.
The truth is, the liberal policies of the elite class have done little to improve the lot of those who depend so much on them.… — Benjamin Carson
It seems to me nothing man has done or built on this land is an improvement over what was here before. — Kent Haruf
A massive amount of quantity with a deliberate focus on improvement leads to the knowledge and experience of how to make quality. — An Na

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