Progress Quotes

The tree the tempest with a crash of woodThrows down in front of us is not to barOur passage to our journey's end for good,But just to ask us who we think we are.

The progress of our soul is like a perfect poem. It has an infinite idea which, once realised, makes all movements full of meaning and joy.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

There has to be a global mission of human progress.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.

In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

The tool that's most associated with the recent progress against malaria is the long-lasting bed net. Bed nets are a fantastic innovation. But we can do even better. We can invent new ways to control the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

Relentlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.