Quotes about Progress

When fear comes, don't run away - don't let it stop you from going forward!

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Judging from the main portion of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.

Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons.

Because if you cling excessively to the past, you will miss the newness being enacted before your very eyes.

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way throughout a thousand obstacles.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that.

We haven't accepted we can't really believe that the most characteristic product of our age of scientific miracles is junk, but that is so. And we still think and behave as though we face an unspoiled continent, with thousands of acres of living space for every man. We still sing "America the Beautiful" as though we had not created in it, by strenuous effort, at great expense, and with dauntless self-praise, an unprecedented ugliness.

In life and leadership, you will make mistakes—and those around you will make mistakes as well. None of us are perfect.