Quotes about Progress

An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps you determine where you are. It gives you important information on how to get there, and it tells you when you have arrived.

Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. It's inside-out.

The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.

What contributions, what achievements will you want to have made in your field

More important than how fast you're going, is where you're headed.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster. We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

You can't have the fruits without the roots.

Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory.