1,930 Quotes About Progress

There can be no progress, if there is no original thinking. And there can be no original thinking, if you stick strictly to the known.

Progress is a river. It cannot be called back once it leaps its banks.

All opinions are not equal, as far as running a people is concerned.

Incremental progress leads to long-lasting results.

The world consists of nations – a nation consists of people - a people consists of individuals -  an individual consists of psychological elements, collectively called "the mind" - and a mind is a product of a hundred billion nerve cells working relentlessly in proper harmony. Thus, a little change in the neural network inside one human brain, has the potential to essentially influence a whole nation, and even a whole world.

Progress and security can never go hand in hand.

Intellectual and moral progress is not a matter of getting closer to an antecedent goal but of surpassing the past.

We may think failure holds us back and hinders our progress. Actually, it helps us spring forward and accomplish more.

The character of a nation comes not from the character of its leader, but from that of the citizens.