Quotes About Progress

I think people know that I've got things in my mind that I want to do and things I wanted to change in time. I can't do it all overnight.

Some people expect me to have changed overnight because of one big song.

Fame doesn't come overnight.

You want to raise good kids, but it doesn't happen in one day. You want to be a great fighter, but it doesn't happen overnight. It takes time.

You can't expect a coach to come in and just change everything overnight.

I am not in a hurry, I don't want to become a star overnight.

When you can attack legislation and get laws and the system changed, that's going to bring a real impact, but we can't expect that to happen overnight.

My life has completely changed. Overnight it changed with 'Every Little Thing.'

It's so funny, this thing of 'overnight success.' I've been doing this for 20 years, but yes, sure, it happened overnight!

We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems.

It's definitely not an overnight success. There has been a lot of work, effort and concentration to get where I am now. I've gone through different experiences, good and tough, to mould me into the player I am now.

There's no such thing as an overnight success.

Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Ring of Honor are really investing time and effort into the women's division and things have been great, especially being able to tour with them across the US, Canada, overseas.

You always have to continue working, because everybody is. Once you stop, the others will overtake you.

When I see someone deride things that women and girls find pleasure in, all I see is someone fearful that women will overtake the culture they've had dominion over for so long.

Coach Staley definitely had me doing overtime. It has been fun, though, man.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

IBM actually followed the recommendations and built a workplace where people can work. (We predict this company will go far.)

Ability to change has to be an organic part of the organization. Change has to be going on all the time, everywhere. It needs to be everybody's business.

If nothing is declared unchangeable, then the organization will resist all change. When there is defining vision, the only way the organization can define itself is its stasis.

Growth is the rising tide that floats all boats. The period of growth is one in which people are naturally less change-resistant. It is therefore the optimal time to introduce any change. Specifically, changes that are not growth-related should be timed to occur during growth periods. This is not because they are strictly necessary then, but because they are more likely to be possible then. You need that advantage going up against Goliath.

The opposite approach would be to encourage people to make some errors. You do this by asking your folks on occasion what dead-end roads they've been down