Quotes about Progress
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
— St. Augustine
Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that's partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
— Sheryl Sandberg
Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right.
— Tom Cotton
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.
— Lou Holtz
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
— George H. W. Bush
Modern culture is a tremendous force.
— J. Gresham Machen
In the fifty years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we have made tremendous strides in the fight for equality. We must continue to move forward, not backward.
— Martin Luther King III
The single most important top-level trend is the shift to mobile.
— Max Levchin
I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am
— John Newton
Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.
— Les Brown
Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.
— Jon Bon Jovi