Quotes About Progress

Anybody who knows something about the history of the human race knows that there is no civilization which has condoned homosexual marriage widely and openly that has long survived.

what gets measured can be improved.

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics.

An actual turn to universality requires a break from conservatism and even from liberalism.

The very act of enunciating the most pessimistic system attests to a fundamental optimism and hope for progress beyond the status quo. Though the good may be impossible to realize, it is also impossible to abandon entirely. The production of knowledge itself points, often despite itself, toward a better future.

The only person you should ever compete with is yourself. You can't hope for a fairer match.

Si yo no he dicho que no me horrorizara —se justificó David—. Lo que he dicho es que ya pasó. Hay que olvidarlo. Ocurrió una vez y el mundo aprendió la lección. Ya no volverá a ocurrir.

You have to try new things. You can hate failure, but you mustn't let the fear of it paralyze you.

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

We imagine that as soon as we are torn out of our habitual path all is over- but it is only the beginning of something new and good. As long as there is life there is happiness. There is a great deal, a great deal before us.

We live in an age of distraction, of overwhelming amounts of conflicting information and competing priorities. And these complications can easily derail our progress on the bridge of belief. Belief requires focus. It demands that we follow the lead of our feeling mind, of our intuition and assumptions. Distractions and difficulties turn on our thinking mind, which undermines belief by overriding our instincts.

As someone once said (and no, it wasn't Einstein), "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." Let us never confuse the two.

Education is the foundation of a better society, one that values diversity, critical thinking, and a commitment to social justice.

Meghan has outgrown you, just as she outgrew me.

my name is recognised, my star meter is rising, my life is changing.

I think the greatest legacy of the civil rights movement is that it made America a better place for all of us, regardless of race or ethnicity.

It's important to remember that every good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and it's up to us to figure out how to get from one to the other.

When the war ended, more than twelve million men and women put their uniforms aside and returned to civilian life. They went back to work at their old jobs or started small businesses; they became big-city cops and firemen; they finished their degrees or enrolled in college for the first time; they became schoolteachers

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed, to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace." —From John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, January 1961 Given

The greatest men sometimes overshoot themselves, but then their very mistakes are so many lessons of instruction.

Education is painful. It means changing the way you think, challenging your truths, saying it in a different way. It is life changing. You will be unsettled, pushed and pulled. So empower yourself and take on the challenge.

we change the course of our actions according to what we learn is good for our survival. If

The science of human nature… finds itself today in the position that chemistry occupied in the days of alchemy." Alfred Adler

In short, every child develops in ways that best allow them to compensate for weakness;