Quotes About Progress

Don't go back over your life with a red pen.

That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.

If you want to progress in your life and grow, act not to react.

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

Life is a child moving counters in a game.

After working in cities for nearly 40 years, I am telling you that every city can improve its quality of life in less than three years, no matter the scale or the financial conditions.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

You don't feel sorry for yourself, you get on with life. (after not being picked starting goalie)

I'm trying to simplify my life, I guess that's my latest project.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your personal development.

Your past does not determine who you are. Your past prepares you for who you are to become.

Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.

In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

Life is a journey. Perhaps we may be more or less pointed towards a general direction, but whether we pave that road with diamonds and gold or just plain dirt and cement is up to us.

If everybody can be happy with what they achieve with their life, this world would be a better place.

We go to great pains to alter life for the happiness of our descendants and our descendants will say as usual: things used to be so much better, life today is worse than it used to be.

Life is expressed in a perpetual sequence of changes. The birth of the child is the death of the baby, just as the birth of the adolescent is the death of the child.

At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

I'm constantly searching for ways to do better because I believe life is an evolution. It's not about reaching an end goal and hanging up your hat...It's about continually growing.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.