Improvement Quotes

1077 Improvement quotes by 727 unique authors

Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
If a man achieves worldly success and does not blend into his life a program of self-improvement to bring about a sensible balance, he no… — John H. Vandenberg
Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms,… — C.S. Lewis
Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult — Ferdinand Porsche
A greater awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement… — Cedric Price
The competitive instinct is what I think drives organizations and people to become better and better. It can promote change toward progress and development, which… — Lee R. Raymond
It does not, however, seem impossible that by an attention to breed, a certain degree of improvement, similar to that among animals, might take place… — Thomas Malthus
I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible. I… — Margaret Thatcher
In my practice as surgeon, I am impressed by the alarming increase of cancer cases brought to my notice; an increase, which in the light… — Charles Horace Mayo
I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire,… — John Boyd Orr
The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another. — David O. Selznick
In the decade ahead I can predict that we will provide over twice the productivity improvement that we provided in the '90s. — Bill Gates
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition,… — Thomas Jefferson
People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly… — Jean Paul
...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and… — W. Edwards Deming
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and… — Socrates
Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life — Joseph Campbell
Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements. — Henry David Thoreau
Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance. — George Bernard Shaw
Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to… — Dr. Dre
The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. — John Lothrop Motley
For our improvement we need a mirror. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace,… — Tryon Edwards

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