Best Progress Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science.”

Real Philosophy Found Careers Study Progress Students Lows Including Experiments Alternatives Shock Sociology Drudgery Slowness Sociological Low Points

Author:Paul Nurse

“I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation.”

Believe Made Hard I Believe Progress Commit Liberation Sustaining

Author:Carre Otis

“In times of adversity - for the country we love - Maryland always chooses to move forward. Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we move forward or back: this too is a choice.”

Country Jobs Moving Choices Progress Creation Adversity Moving Forward Job Creation Times Of Adversity Maryland Forward Progress

Author:Martin O'Malley

“I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.”

Environment Progress Scientific Progress

Author:Ernest Lawrence

“No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid.”

Individual Path Progress Stones Responsible Smooth Rapids Stepping Stones

Author:Ernest Lawrence

“The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work.”

May Self Matter Facts Helping Past Progress Materials Scientist Significant Devoted Evident Odds And Ends

Author:Ernest Lawrence

“The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.”

Stills Faces Next Process Difficult President Challenges Progress Iraq Ministers Prime Fragile Speakers Representatives Evident Prime Minister Council

Author:David Petraeus

“I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government.”

Should Has Beens Stills States Government President United United States Progress Europe Unions European Union Selected Work In Progress

Author:George Papandreou

“A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result.”

Looks Stills School Results Novel Progress Heard Changed High School Hollywood Election Producers Life Changing Screenwriters Drawers Wishbones

Author:Tom Perrotta

“I didn't have my own journals, but my mother kept a journal while I was in the hospital, and my father wrote newsletters to keep friends and family updated on my progress.”

Mother Father My Own Progress Hospitals Journal Family And Friends Newsletters

Author:Brent Runyon

“Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.”

Science Progress Health Disease Resources Medicine Cancer Medical Cures Treatment Proven Prevention Medical Science Great Progress

Author:Michael J. Fox

“When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well.”

Wells Made House President White Progress Taxes Reform White House Comprehensive Carter Tax Reform President Carter

Author:David Rubenstein

“You either get better, or you don't progress.”

Progress Get Better

Author:Lance Reddick

“When approved, the SAFE Port Act will make progress toward protecting the physical infrastructure of our seaports as well as our national economy which is so clearly dependent on the commercial shipping business.”

Wells Economy Progress Safe Dependent Infrastructure Port Approved Shipping National Economy

Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard

“Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.”

People Ifs World Want Wells Said Opportunity Natural Class Economy Progress China Welcome Aspiration World Class

Author:S. R. Nathan

“All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.”

People World Years Made War Effort Progress Mankind Prosperity Convinced Preserves War Of The Worlds World War Ii World War I Contributing Through The Years

Author:Eisaku Sato

“If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention.”

Ifs Want Should Goal Greater Progress Achieve Constitution Conventions Fairness Elementals Constitutional Convention

Author:Larry Sabato

“As a person progresses along the path of power, they attract certain forces and beings from other dimensions, who feel the power that you are storing. Sometimes they want some of it; sometimes they want to ruin you. We call these beings entities.”

Want Feels Persons Sometimes Certain Force Path Progress Ruins Dimensions Entity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are powers and forces that will seek to block you, to make your life more difficult. But if you are up to the study, then you continue to progress without getting discouraged.”

Ifs Force Difficult Study Progress Block Discouraged

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Society is an organism which obeys the immutable law of progress; and change, judicious and cautious change, is necessary for the well being, and indeed the preservation of the social system.”

Wells Law Social Change Progress Well Being Organisms Preservation Cautious Social Systems Progress And Change

Book:Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India

Source: Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India

“Here's a secret: fictive text doesn't necessarily flow easily. Most of the time it's more like cutting a highway through a mountain. You just have to keep working with your pick, chipping away at the rock, making slow progress.”

Writing Secret Cutting Progress Rocks Mountain Picks Flow Highways Chipping Away Slow Progress

Author:Piers Anthony

“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.”

Ifs Years Looks Made Country Character Able Lasts Poverty Economy Progress Generations Example Grew Percent East Indian Asian 1960s Phenomenal Asian Countries

Author:Manmohan Singh

“Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.”

Made Today Past Opportunity Perfect Practice Progress Profit Corporations Immense Translate

Author:Maurice Strong

“Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.”

Names Water Progress Air Soil

Author:Radhanath Swami

“I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration.”

Has Beens I Can Spirit Progress Relation Catholic Jew Collaboration Council Sincerely

Author:Pope Francis

“There are a lot of things that fit on a bumper sticker in terms of either liberty or equality or progress that when made more concrete just don't pan out.”

Made Term Liberty Progress Fit Concrete Bumper Sticker Bumper Sticker

Author:Laurence Tribe

“People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why.”

People Thinking Want Believe Has Beens Technology Progress Broken Areas Artificial Intelligence Artificial Robotics Nanotechnology

Author:Peter Thiel

“Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.”

Progress Genuine Dialogue Bombs Throwing Rhetorical

Author:Mark Udall

“All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.”

World Choices Individual Difficult Progress Traditional

Author:Gore Verbinski

“In every union roles are assumed, some traditional, some not. My husband used to pay his own bills, I used to call my own repairman. But as marriages progress, you surrender areas of your own competence, often without even knowing it.”

Used My Own Pay Roles Knowing Progress Husband Areas Bills Unions Surrender Traditional My Husband Competence

Author:Ayelet Waldman

“The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That's what I did. I asked for help.”

Thinking Needs Important Helping Remember Asks Progress Important Things Ashamed Work In Progress

Author:Carnie Wilson

“We have made progress from where we were when President Obama took office, when the economy - our economy had just contracted almost by nine percent.”

Made President Economy Progress Office Percent Nine President Obama

Author:Mitt Romney

“From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and rewards and punishments, I was pushed to theories of disequilibrium and disorder, and information and noise, as the keys to understanding economic progress.”

Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

“The last game on earth is in progress. And when you lose, you win. And when you win, you can't lose.”

Inspirational Earth Lasts Games Winning Loses Progress Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“These truths may seem simple and self-apparent and the words easy to say, but the states of mind that you live in as you progress are beautiful beyond description.”

Inspirational Mind May Self States Seems Beautiful Easy Simple Progress Buddhism Description State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Learn to meditate, practice and don't get frustrated. It will take you years to learn to meditate perfectly. Every time you try, you are growing. It's not as if you have to meditate perfectly to make progress.”

Ifs Trying Years Practice Meditation Growing Progress Buddhism Frustrated

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation gives you personal power. You will notice that people will treat you differently as you progress because they can feel that power. Use that power wisely. If you search your heart, I think you will.”

People Ifs Thinking Giving Feels Heart Use Meditation Progress Buddhism Treats Personal Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-packed, or you're away from your computer - carry a small paper notebook and write a sentence of description while you're waiting on line at a coffee shop. I think of this as baiting a hook. Even if you have a few days in a row where nothing comes except those ten words, I find that as long as you have to think about the novel enough to write ten words, the chances are that more will come.”

“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.”

Doe Moving Progress Crazy Horse Positivity Time Management Favourite Keep Moving Progress In Life Progress And Change Forward Progress Rocking Horses

Author:Alfred Armand Montapert

“Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.”

Hours Progress Plans Months Activity Perseverance Planning Enthusiasm Organized Perserverance Wellspring

Author:Paul J. Meyer

“The mind God is looking for in man is a doubting, questioning mind, not a dogmatic mind; dogmatic reasoning is wrong reasoning. Dogmatic reason ties a huge rock to a man's foot and stops him forever from advancing.”

Men Mind Reason God Science Forever Doubt Progress Feet Rocks Huge Ties Reasoning Questioning Advancing Dogmatic

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details.”

Whole Light Christian Jesus Break Our Lives Progress Details Christian Inspirational Spells Considerate Despondent

Author:Vance Havner

“If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.”

Ifs Goal Progress Capable Productivity Defined

Author:Paul J. Meyer

“Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in.”

Littles Bits Effort Progress Little Bit Excellence Average Proportion Progression

Author:Paul J. Meyer

“If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of life of those who utter them, they will not be heard. But if they are uttered through the practice of the commandments, their sound has such power that they dissolve the demons and dispose men eagerly to build their hearts into temples of God through making progress in works of righteousness.”

Ifs Men Way Heart Christian Sound Practice Progress Heard Expression Messages Demon Temples Orthodox Righteousness Word Of God Rooted Virtuous Commandments Orthodox Christian

Author:Maximus the Confessor

“He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: 'I am dust and ashes' (Gen. 18:27).”

Has Beens Christian Spiritual Love Is Progress Divine Proud Conviction Dust Granted Manifestation Repeats Orthodox Ashes Orthodox Christian Abraham Spiritual Progress Patriarch

Author:Maximus the Confessor

“Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery.”

“Movement isn't progress.”

Progress Movement

Author:Thomas Leonard

“There is no progress without risk, and in an environment where change is accelerating, risks are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need strong, innovative partners to help manage their risk. Our brand clearly sets XL apart as the strong, innovative partner needed in today's market.”

Needs Helping Today Strong Company Environment Progress Risk Needed Complexes Partners Manage Brands Innovative Multiplying

Author:Mike McGavick

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