Quotes About Progress

Burroughs predicted that automobiles and their drivers would eventually "seek out even the most secluded nook or corner of the forest and befoul it with noise and smoke." To him, the popularity of the Model T was the beginning of the end. He described Ford's brainchild vehicle as "a demon on wheels.

On the night of March 17, 1887, most of Fort Myers's other 349 residents lined up outside the Edison estate and gasped with wonder as its lights went on. The local newspaper speculated that a date would soon be announced for the rest of the community to be properly wired and illuminated. But the anticipated shipments didn't arrive, and Edison returned to New Jersey.

Even fifteen years earlier, it would have been impossible, since there were very few cars (eight thousand as opposed to fourteen million horses) and fewer drivable roads. With the exception of train travel, the average American rarely ventured more than twelve miles from home, because that was the distance a horse and wagon could comfortably cover from there and back in a day.

I think they'll get better a lot faster if we don't spend so much time moping.

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

The choice we face as we think about the future is, should we continue to be driven by our biological past or choose instead to embrace our newly emerged intelligence? We may not be able to do both.

Look, anything you do, if it isn't hard, it isn't doing anything for you. So you're better off not doing it. Use your time somewhere else.

Problems are often life's way of letting you know that you're off course and need to take corrective action.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

your thoughts don't change, your results won't change.

Just remember the words of Napoleon Hill: "Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. — HENRY FORD

Choose words that will point you in the direction of your goals.

Are the things around you helping you toward success—or are they holding you back? — W. Clement Stone

Choose words that will point you in the direction of your goals. — Jeff Keller

Never underestimate your power to change yourself. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing. — LADY HOLLAND

Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. — NAPOLEON HILL

Seriously, though, in this day and age I don't know why we're still cutting open frogs to see what's inside them. If somebody tells me there's a heart and intestines inside a frog, I'm willing to take their word for it.

Seriously, though, in this day and age I don't know why we're still cutting open frogs to see what's inside them. If somebody tells me there's a heart and intestines inside a grog, I'm willing to take their word for it.

And at least 95% of it was was totally outdated.

I think it's important for me to keep my childhood friends so that later on someone can appreciate how far I've come.

What a remarkable conceit civilization is

Our daily words and actions lead to decisions, our decisions create habits, and our habits create our future selves.