Quotes About Progress

Around ten thousand years before Jesus walked the earth, humans taught themselves how to grow grains like barley and wheat, and soon after, dates, figs, and pomegranates.

Have you noticed how normally this line is moving?

For millions of years, human beings have conquered their ignorance by dividing the labor of discovery

History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.

He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes.

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.

Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet.

Where tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization.

There is always room at the top.

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

You know, I'm very near to bein' normal, but I just can't get over the hump." "Well

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4 000 meters.

So often, over the history of the oil industry, it is said that technology has gone about as far as it can and that the "end of the road" for the oil industry is in sight. And then, new innovations dramatically expand capabilities. This pattern would be repeated again and again.

By 2050, natural gas demand is estimated to be 60 percent higher than it is today.

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Sometimes we have to face the things that hurt us most. Maybe you won't heal till you do. You haven't yet." They both knew that was true. "You can't move ahead until you bury the past.

Dani teku kao reka vremena, ka uš?u, ka smrti.

Bad is never good until worse happens.

Most of us have heard that it takes 21 days to change a habit. Unfortunately, many experts now believe that it takes 21 days for any change to begin to take place.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

That's what growth is all about. It doesn't come when things are status quo. It happens only when something new is introduced, forcing every integral part to adjust. This is a universal law that can be applied on any level of life.

These voices — the inner critic, the inner nag, the inner pest, the inner jerk and all the other monsters who try to talk you out of moving forward— are the part of you that is threatened by change and progress. We all have them. They are trying to protect you from new and scary things, but they are out of sync with you right now and not helpful. They hate what you are doing, but that doesn't make them right

Skip perfection. A lame drawing is better than no drawing.

If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.