Quotes About Progress

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

All great things have small beginnings.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Learn from it... tomorrow is a new day.

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward.

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

All life is an experiment.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.

Whenever you fall, pick something up.

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.

Day by day, what you do is who you become.

I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age. The best is yet to come.