Quotes about Progress

Progress always requires change.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. To overcome fear and break the cycle, you have to be willing to recognize that you will spend much of your life making mistakes.

Learn to view your problems as temporary stumbling blocks.

Great vision precedes great achievement.

Life involves struggle.

No one has ever stayed the same while at the same time rising to a higher level. Being willing to change is one of the prices we pay to grow.

Climbing to the higher levels of leadership isn't easy. It takes effort. It also requires sacrifices. You won't be able to win one level using the skills you used to win the last one. You'll have to give up some privileges and resources to move up. You'll have to give up doing some of the things you love that don't give a great enough return on your time. And some people you'd love to take with you to the top will refuse to go.

Success can be defined as the progressive realization of a predetermined goal.

Life is a series of outcomes. Sometimes the outcome is what you want. Great. Figure out what you did right. Sometimes the outcome is what you don't want. Great. Figure out what you did so you don't do it again.

Shakespeare said, "He is not worthy of the honeycomb that shuns the hive because the bees have stings." Don't let your fear keep you from taking small steps in your development. You never know where they might lead.

The mark of someone with potential to grow is openness to the process. When you look at people who are eager to learn more, you can bet they are on the right track. And when you talk to people who just don't want any more instruction, then they have pretty much hit the wall. They are done.

The ability to learn from mistakes has value not just in business but in all aspects of life. If you live to learn, then you will really learn to live.