Progress Quotes

3066 quotes by 1980 authors

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. — Alvin Toffler
Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit… — Polly Toynbee
It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the… — Anthony Trollope
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders… — Harry S. Truman
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. — Mark Twain
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. — Morihei Ueshiba
Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of… — John Updike
Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress.… — Gary Vaynerchuk
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has… — Gore Vidal
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. — Voltaire
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the… — Alice Walker
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. — Earl Warren
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and… — Dionne Warwick
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. — Thomas J. Watson
Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. — Thomas J. Watson
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison. — Simone Weil
I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still… — Rachel Weisz
There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real… — Vivienne Westwood
It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters...… — Joss Whedon
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward… — Alfred North Whitehead

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