Quotes About Progress

Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual

Please remember that great companies and wonderful lives don't happen by sudden revolution. Nope. They materialize via incremental evolution. Tiny, daily wins and iterations stack into outcomes of excellence, over the long-term.

If people don't laugh at you and your ideas at least once a week, you're not pushing the envelope.

Because I know that frustration is the child of stagnation. And steady progress is a testimony to my talent.

Every big dream starts small.

Honestly, I'm not afraid of failing. That's just part of learning to fly. I'm just horrified of not growing.

habits take around nine weeks to implement

One would think that the less one worked the more one would have the chance to experience happiness. However, the real source of happiness can be stated in a word: achievement.

No dedicamos mucho tiempo al entretenimiento carente de significado, puesto que estamos decididamente entregados a un proceso de formación continua.

The thousand-mile journey begins by taking that first step.

as Booker T. Washington said, "I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

My special teacher also told me that 'to find your best self you must lose your weak self.' And that only happens through relentless improvement

people grow the most when they enter the Zone of the Unknown.

The actions you take come together to form your habits, and, this is important, your habits lead you to your destiny.

Life's had to break you down so you could be rebuilt better.

As human beings, we are genetically programmed to resist change and maintain a state of equilibrium.

So they tackle their weaknesses and fears head on, even if dipping into the zone of the unknown brings with it a measure of discomfort. They resolve to live by the wisdom of kaizen, improving every aspect of themselves ceaselessly and continuously. With time, things that were once difficult become easy. Fears that once prevented them from all the happiness, health and prosperity they deserved fall to the wayside like stickmen toppled by a hurricane.

Maybe it's like what F1 racer Mario Andretti said: 'If everything seems under control you're not going fast enough.

And remember the Ancient Rule of Twenty-one: if you do anything for twenty-one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit. So stay with the early-rising routine for about three weeks before you give up because it feels too uncomfortable. By then it will be a part of your life.

My life became so much simpler and meaningful when I left the baggage of my past behind.

The old 'you' must die before the best 'you' can be born.

Ve hasta donde te alcance la vista. Cuando llegues, serás capaz de ver más allá. THOMAS CARLYLE

I heard a man say he needed to lose weight before he could start running. Imagine that. Lose the weight so he could initiate the running habit. That's like a writer who waits for inspiration to begin the book, or the manager who waits for a promotion to lead the field, or a startup that waits for full funding before launching a status quo–disrupting product. The flow of life rewards positive action and punishes hesitation.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.' All I'm really getting at is that if you want to improve your life and live with all that you deserve you must run your own race.