Quotes About Progress

Courage was the beginning, being unafraid, moving ahead, through small hardships, not turning back. Courage was simply a form of moving forward.

Courage was simply a form of moving forward.

It was no longer exotic to have a gay presidential candidate. In fact, since the advent of the Indiana mayor—never president but now a senator—no presidential election had been without one. Though, to be sure, every gay candidate had been in a certain mold—

Everyone's cavemen ancestors were assholes.

And for a good portion of the human race, because something has not already been, that is a good reason to fear it coming to be.

Who but a fringe character would try to impede the unimpeachable improvement of the world?

I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life.

If it doesn't do you any good, dump it. Take some action, push that lever, flush it away, and don't look back. Take small steps everyday of your life, and start taking control of what you say when you talk to yourself.

no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.

Whatever you do, do something positive.

America isn't perfect, nor could any nation ever be, but that she has granted more people more freedoms than any other country in the history of the world.

From Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence to Abraham Lincoln's ending of slavery, it's pasty white dudes who've enshrined your ability to hate them.

losing a debate isn't a sign of stupidity or weakness, but a sign of growth if you're willing to embrace it with humility. I

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness.

capitalism always did manage to make the comfort industry work better than socialism did.

There is absolutely nothing sacred about freedom of information," he said, "when it can be used to undermine social progress.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. —WILL ROGERS

Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen.

Getting things done requires two basic components: defining (1) what "done" means (outcome) and (2) what "doing" looks like (action).

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. —Saint Francis of Assisi

The better you get, the better you better get.

You can try it for yourself right now, if you like. Choose one project that is new or stuck or that could simply use some improvement. Think of your purpose. Think of what a successful outcome would look like: where would you be physically, financially, in terms of reputation, or whatever? Brainstorm potential steps. Organize your ideas. Decide on the next actions. Are you any clearer about where you want to go and how to get there?

Nothing is really new in this high-tech, globally wired world, except how frequently it is. When

You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it done. The list of projects is the compilation of finish lines we put before us, to keep our next actions moving on all tracks appropriately