Quotes about Progress
They who refuse education to a black man would turn the South into a vast poorhouse, and labor into a pendulum, necessity vibrating between poverty and indolence.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Education will not come of itself; it will never come unless you seek it; it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it; but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.
— Herbert Hoover
It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.
— Mark Cuban
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
— Bill Gates
A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.
— Barack Obama
True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
A beautiful life does not just happen; it is built.
— TB Joshua
Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
— Zig Ziglar
If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
— Brigham Young