Improvement Quotes

1077 Improvement quotes by 727 unique authors

When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things,… — Charles Caleb Colton
The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety… — Samuel Johnson
I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening,… — Andrew Weil
In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet to… — Eugene V. Debs
The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life. — Erno Rubik
There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have… — Max Baucus
If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day. — Nick Offerman
The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention… — Friedrich List
The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved… — Criss Jami
I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love getting on the… — Alfred Molina
Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two… — Mikhail Gorbachev
In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought… — Leland Stanford
We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to… — Tryon Edwards
The religious need of the human mind remains alive, never more so, but it demands a teaching which can be understood. Slowly an apprehension of… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence. — Sumner Redstone
An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of… — Nikola Tesla
The economic transmission of power without wires is of all-surpassing importance to man. By its means he will gain complete mastery of the air, the… — Nikola Tesla
You have to seek the simplest implementation of a problem solution in order to know when you've reached your limit in that regard. Then it's… — Steve Wozniak
Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a raspberry. — E. W. Howe
The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means production for the masses. . . . It is… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
We're the largest home improvement company today, and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building… — Arthur Blank
Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance. — BrenÃ© Brown
Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement. — Vicente del Bosque
General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen. — Michael Marmot
. . .nature is still predominant, and there are those who regret that with the improvements of cultivation the sublimity of the wilderness should pass… — Thomas Cole

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