Quotes About Progress

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

To err is human, but to persist in the mistake is ugly.

I was never the best in my age group. I was like the Ugly Duckling because I am not beautiful to see but I always improved. That is my best skill.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell?

The next great technology revolution might be around the corner, but it won't automatically improve most people's lives. That will depend on politics, which is indeed ugly but also inescapable.

As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly.

It is the adage of any creative thing; it looks terrible, it is an ugly baby, until the very last second.

The UK's most forward-thinking employers already know they need to attract, retain and promote the best talent - both male and female.

Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.

We are very proud of the fact that we have such a low level of anti-Semitism - such a low level of anti-Semitism in independent Ukraine, which started its life in 1991.

Chernobyl has been a negative part of Ukraine's brand. The time has come to change this.

Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve these goals and improve its economy by normalizing trade relations.

Deep in my heart, I still believe that the democratization of Russia and the democratization of Ukraine will proceed.

Teams from Ukraine and Russia are getting better all the time.

My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.

I remember the day Ukraine became independent. I was 20; now I am over 40. It was like one second - time goes so fast. If we wait, the next 20 years will go by. We have a choice to wait or to fight for the better future of our country. I know better than anyone: no fight, no win.

The role that I played in Ukraine ended up resulting in Ukraine becoming part of the European community.

I started playing the ukulele in the year 2000. That sounds so futuristic saying it like that. The year 2000.

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.

Changes which are slow and gradual can be hard to notice even if their ultimate impact is quite dramatic.

The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of physics or a law of the land, a poem or a policy, a sonata or a mechanical computer.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

The car is the ultimate mobile device, isn't it?