Quotes about Progress

I can promise you that women working together — linked, informed and educated — can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

A slave lacks incentives; for him it is better to work slowly and badly, since his effort benefits only the master, but free people work hard to save and get ahead,, that is their incentive.

Because he had hardened his soul and silenced his conscience with the excuse of progress

The General was right. No one dies of hunger here - you reach out your hand and pluck a mango. That's why there is no progress. Cold countries have more advanced civilizations because the climate forces people to work.

To dismantle the system that sustains civilization is very difficult and takes time, but we are achieving it, bit by bit. The complex and fascinating task of inventing a new order to replace it is long.

We spent a good part of the twentieth century trying out various forms of revolution, from Marxism to savage capitalism, ranging through each and every intermediate shading. Our hope that a change in government can improve our luck is like hoping to win the lottery: totally without rational foundation.

If I hear that Quito, Ecuador, is doing something to have a whole area of town that's zero emissions, and we're thinking about that in Los Angeles' downtown, I'm like, 'I better catch up.'

Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

We want to take ourselves out of our comfort zones; when you're in your comfort zone for so long, you only play to a certain level.

The only way round is through.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.

The door of opportunity won't open unless you do some pushing.