Quotes about Progress

Charles "Tremendous" Jones said that the only difference between who you are today and the person you will be in five years will come from the books you read and the people you associate with.

Improving your abilities in high-priority areas is always a good investment in yourself that will pay off in the long run.

When I'm swimming with the tide, my progress has little to do with the speed and strength of my strokes. It is determined by how fast the tide is moving. Swim with it and you make fast progress. Swim against it and you move very slowly, no matter how hard you work at it.

the difference between who you are today and who you will be in five years will be the people you spend time with and the books you read.

Today is a reader, tomorrow's a leader...

The biggest gap between failure and success is the distance between I should and I did.

it's not over until you've learned from it.

Don't change just enough to get away from your problems—change enough to solve them.

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. And you will not change unless you change something you do every day.

Don't change your circumstances to improve your life—change yourself to improve your circumstances.

Don't see change as something hurtful that must be done—see it as something helpful that can be done.

Don't avoid paying the immediate price of change—if you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.