Progress Quotes

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Unless we progress, we regress.

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.