Quotes About Progress

The best way forward is to give more people everywhere greater power to build their own destinies.

More apparent to Teamster members than any moral lapses were the tangible gains that had been steadily realized under Hoffa since his advent to power.

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.

America is number one in wind power.

Let's be honest, part of the whole great March of Humanity is just swinging your arms and walking, just smiling and moving forward.

women are proof than man was just God's first draft.

the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write. The illiterate will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Consider

the longer we wait to start a conversation around doing school "differently," instead of simply "better," the more we're putting our kids at risk.

Work is learning, and learning is the work.

if you're waiting for the Twitter workshop, you're missing the point.

can. If it's just about tests to graduate, grades to get into college, and scores for international comparisons — which, in large part, it is right now — school is about to be disrupted big time. I

Eric Hoffer sums up where our emphasis should be in schools right now: "In times of great change, learners will inherit the earth, while the learned will be beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists." Let

Before we can have a coherent conversation around what happens to schools, we need to get educated. We need to learn about modern, connected learning. And we've got to try to get others to do that work with us.

Will Richardson

Let me tweak that just a bit: "In times of great abundance, learners will inherit the earth...." Imagine

It's somewhat ironic (and frustrating), then, that well into what is arguably one of the biggest, most transformative periods in history we still feel the need to point to a digital classroom in schools.

You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing -- and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.

You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.