“Those who can bring themselves to renounce wealth, position and power accruing from a social system based on violence and putting a premium on acquisitiveness, and to identify themselves in some real fashion with the struggle of the masses toward the light, may help in a measure - more, doubtless, by life than by words - to devise a more excellent way, a technique of social progress less crude, brutal, costly and slow than mankind has yet evolved.” WayMayRealHelpingLightSocialWealthStruggleProgressViolenceMankindFashionPositionMassTechniqueExcellentBrutalCrudeRenounceSocial ProgressSocial SystemsPremium Author:A. J. Muste
“You see continuous movement is the important thing here. Those who remain in one position and then lie to themselves about their progress are the ones in real trouble.” ImportantRealLyingProgressTroubleMovementPositionImportant Things Author:Chris Murray
“Does anyone believe for one moment that the progress we have made would have been possible under bureaucratic control of any government. This country was founded upon the principle of the regulation of private effort, of making rules for the game, and under that system alone can we look for the same success in the future which has been ours in the past. Our position today is the direct result of the free play among our people of private competitive effort.” PeopleBelieveLooksDoeHas BeensMadeCountryPlayMomentsGovernmentTodayPastGamesResultsEffortPrinciplesProgressPositionDirectCompetitionRegulationFree Play Author:Roger Babson
“And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we bad to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress.” YearsFirstsSaidLostProgressPositionCostSolutionsIncreaseMotorCost Of LivingGeneral Motors Author:Leonard Woodcock
“Women have made enormous progress on the lower and middle rungs of the career ladder, but we are failing to make the leap into senior positions. Everyone jumps to the conclusion that it's motherhood that holds women back, but often the big roadblock is the lack of executive presence.” MadeBigsCareersProgressFailingMiddlePositionMotherhoodEnormousConclusionExecutivesLeapSeniorLaddersRoadblock Author:Sylvia Ann Hewlett
“Trying is not enough. We have to go out and set goals and measure definitive progress so that four years from now we are in a better position to add new voters to our base of support.” TryingYearsEnoughGoalSupportFourProgressPositionAddVotersFour YearsSetting Goals Author:Kevin Madden
“I think that we are in a position to continue to make progress, but it's gonna require us to both recognize what the problems are, also recognize the progress we've made. Last point I'd make on this, since we're on criminal justice: During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeProblemLastsCoursesJusticeProgressCrimePositionCriminalsLowestPresidencyCriminal Justice Author:Barack Obama