Quotes About Progress

Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.

We that have done and thought, That have thought and done, Must ramble, and thin out Like milk spilt on a stone.

That's the lesson of the dogs, that it's important to both live in the moment and then go on to the next wonderful thing.

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

All I want to do is change the world.

That's why many fail -- because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back?

It's the fear of the unknown that keeps a person from starting

book Cycles, co-authored by Edward R. Dewey and Edwin F. Dakin.

All the world's progress in every field of activity has been the result of action by men, and women who experienced inspirational dissatisfaction-never by those who were satisfied

If you always do what you have always done, you will always be where you are right now" ~W. Clement Stone

discerning men have described Communism as reversing and negating history. It has turned man against himself. Instead of solving the many complex problems of modern life, Marxism's negative approach has simply resurrected primitive problems which past generations of struggling humanity had already succeeding in solving.

It is interesting that after the Pilgrim Fathers tried communism, they abandoned it in favor of a free enterprise type of Capitalism which, over the centuries, has become more highly developed in the United States than in any other nation.

The 5000 Year Leap and The Making of America.

The physical sciences capitalize on the lessons of the past, but the social sciences seldom do.

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Competent men in every position, if they are doing their best, know all that there is to know about their work except how to improve it.

The aim of supervision should be to help people and machines and gadgets to do a better job.

At the successive sessions, people may tear up what they did in the previous session and make a fresh start with clearer ideas. This is a sign of advancement.

The problem lies in the difficulty to define a meaningful measure of performance.

From the earliest times, human civilization has been no more than a strange luminescence growing more intense by the hour, of which no one can say when it will begin to wane and when it will fade away. For the time being, our cities still shine through the night, and the fires still spread.

It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful.