“If you don't invest in the woman, empower her, give her the things she needs to lift her family up, you're just not going to make the progress that you want to make. But if you put her at the centre, you can change a lot for that family, and it has ripple effects through the economy.” IfsWantNeedsGivingEconomyProgressEffectsLiftsEmpoweringCentreEmpowering WomenRippleRipple Effect Author:Melinda Gates
“That just gives sort of the democracy an opportunity to test ideas, for those who lost to catch their breath, regain energy, re-energize themselves and then get back in the arena, and then we'll make some more progress in the future.” GivingIdeasOpportunityEnergyLostDemocracyProgressTestsBreathsGet BackArena Author:Barack Obama
“I have a personal staff that helps me scour the internet and other media for the latest scientific peer-reviewed findings, the latest examples of climate-related extreme weather events, and the latest examples of progress. The world is in the midst of a sustainability revolution that has the scope of the industrial revolution, but with the speed of the digital revolution. That's not enough without new laws and the right kind of political leadership. But it does give us a base from which to build a movement that will save us from the most catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis.” WorldGivingKindEnoughHelpingPoliticalProgressRevolutionInternetConsequenceCrisisSpeedHelp MeSustainabilityIndustrial Revolution Author:Al Gore
“The expression I use: Pain + Reality = Progress. Whenever I would have a painful mistake, I started to view that as puzzles that would give me gems if I could solve the puzzle. So, it made me thoughtful - what should I do differently next time? That was the puzzle. And the gem was some principle for handling the same thing when it came along again, and then I would write it down. And by writing it down and referring to it, and also being able to show it to other people so that we could agree that that was a good way of handling that thing - that was very, very powerful.” PeopleGivingWritingRealityPainPowerfulMistakeProgressAgreePainfulThoughtfulNext TimePuzzlesVery PowerfulGems Author:Ray Dalio
“Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, "Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living." We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have.” WayGivingSocialProgressAdviceMusicianSellsShirtsReverseT ShirtSocial Progress Author:Jaron Lanier
“To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.” GivingMindProgressGiving UpAcceptableProgress In Life Book:Schriften Source: Schriften
“Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.” MenGivingTwoHateProgressHatredAmbitiousAmbitious Man Book:Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions Source: Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions
“Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.” IfsGivingHumansCountryPoliticalWishSocialStruggleProgressArchitectureSocial ProgressPolitical Struggle Author:Oscar Niemeyer