Quotes About Progress

The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress.

The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on.

Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were forced to endure legal discrimination for another 100 years.

The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.

We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn't always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.

You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.

The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with its freedoms has been working.

If you look at the history of communication, new technologies like the phone and e-mail didn't just let people do things faster; it fundamentally changed the scope of the kinds of projects people dared to take on.

Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.

Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States.

Certainly the history of astronomy shows that every time we thought we were special, we were wrong.

I've always been interested in exploration and the history of exploring the world, but it seems like we've found everything now.

The statement that I made and that I think I will continue to make is that racism and bigotry isn't just relegated to the Southern region; it permeates the history of our nation. It's not to say that we haven't made progress. Obviously we have with our first African American president, and I never thought that would happen in my lifetime.

There's something about 'Essence' that we more than like - that we really love: the history of the community, the forward-thinking leadership.

If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s, there was just terrible, terrible discrimination, you know? It was extremely difficult to live your life as you should have been allowed to do.

Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.

Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.