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Quotes About Progress

The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
~ Stacey Abrams
There is only one possible future for humanity, and that is a sustainable one.
~ Patricia Espinosa
The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.
~ Maurice Strong
I really hope that we'll have a sustainable future on this planet, I really do. So I probably geek out mostly about learning more about how potentially we can hopefully make that happen, hopefully we're not too far lost.
~ Elliot Page
Civilization can never be sustainable.
~ Derrick Jensen
From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
~ Frances O'Grady
A social entrepreneur finds market-based solutions for change. Because without a market-based solution, without a sustainable solution, you go nowhere.
~ Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
~ Majora Carter
The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms.
~ Peter Senge
Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.
~ Helene D. Gayle
Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.
~ Peng Liyuan
To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid.
~ Peter Singer
My vision for Visy Tumut is not only to keep our position as an example of world's sustainable manufacturing, but to build on it.
~ Anthony Pratt
Having one foot in design and the other in sustainable and social projects, I hear this question quite often: 'Why does the world need another chair?' My answer is that the world needs another chair/bicycle/car or any new product for that matter, like the world needs another book.
~ Yves Behar
Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models.
~ Paul Polman
To force a culture creates something that is inherently not sustainable. It does not evolve forward.
~ Julia Hartz
Leading businesses are making large strides in ensuring a sustainable future, but ultimately, they can only do so much.
~ Paul Polman
We need economic growth that is sustainable and job-rich rather than just statistically impressive.
~ Guy Ryder
It's going to take everyone to rebuild a fairer, more sustainable, more beautiful Britain.
~ Caroline Lucas
And in rural communities we've worked alongside, Haitians are doing far more than merely recovering from the earthquake. Many are creating long-term sustainable change.
~ Craig Kielburger
The U.K. is leading the way to build sustainable economies.
~ Alok Sharma
Global sustainability is now the only avenue to future inclusive progress that can deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement.
~ Johan Rockstrom
Sustainable development is a proven catalyst for Xerox innovation.
~ Anne M. Mulcahy
So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.
~ James Lovelock