Quotes About Progress

Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

Your waking adult life is going to be spent in what you do professionally, so you'd better like the journey and not just aim for the destination.

I was at a New Year's Eve party, and someone asked me how was my year, and I said, 'I honestly think 2011 was the best year of my entire life,' and I actually meant it.

A lot of cities are making a real effort, neighborhood by neighborhood, to make themselves into a place where life can be pretty good.

So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened.

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.

On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

As you focus on simplifying your life, make sure that your approach to the process is a loving and accepting one. Know that you are doing all that you can do right now, and that is all anyone can do.

That's what's good about life - that you always learn.

Life is like a field of newly fallen snow. Where I choose to walk every step will show.

My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint.

Without creation, what are we but stalled in life?

Remember the importance of small actions. They're the building blocks in the architecture of your life, the quiet victories you win for yourself each day.

I am happy, and I have many reasons to be extra-happy nowadays. Life is calm, and the career is good and taking its course. And things are moving, things are moving ahead.

All my life I've worked to try to correct and perfect our system of government to make it more fair.

Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

I don't want to change too much. I've had a wonderful life and wonderful success. I want to make this a great success for the American people.

I don't know what the NFL's going to look like in 15 years. Who knows. It's a great game; it's done a lot for me in my life.

Once I read autobiography as what the writer thought about his or her life. Now I think, 'This is what they thought at that time'. An interim report - that is what an autobiography is.

There's no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you die.