1,930 Quotes About Progress

Progress is a dynamic thing, and you had to ride it leaning forward a little, like a surfboard because if you stood there flat-footed you'd get drowned.

Don’t mistake insights for progress.

Progress is a dynamic thing, and you had to ride it leaning forward a little, like on a surfboard because if you stood there flat-footed you'd get drowned.

However much we disdain the word “politics”, one of its most useful aspects is the stopping of bloodshed. Oh yes, bloodshed there will be. But the generations stream away and people change and things thought of as totally impossible suddenly turn out to be everyday.

We’re not dependent on men to drag a bloody deer into the cave any more. But they can’t make babies without us. They need us, and they hate being reminded of it.

It's not the most advanced society we should be aiming to build that only cares for efficiency, rather our aim should be to build a healthy society with the right amount of advancement and a whole lot of humaneness.

It will be destructive at first, like all progress. Just as the industrial age ushered in two world wars. Just as Homo sapiens supplanted the Neanderthal. But would you turn back the clock on all that comes with it? Could you? Progress is inevitable. And it’s a force for good.

When your guts begin to twist and you feel like you're standing on the edge of a cliff, recognize that this is nothing more than confirmation that you're walking on hallowed ground that leads to your true self. Don't hide from that sign. Follow it and fight for it. It will take you where you need to go.

Take away the scholars and all progress will come to a standstill.