Quotes About Advancement

Society can only pursue its normal course by means of a certain progression of changes.

We're just getting started. We're just beginning to meet what will be the future-we've got the Model T.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

We are in the first age since the dawn of civilization in which people have dared to think it practicable to make the benefits of civilization available to the whole human race.

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.

Having harvested all the knowledge and wisdom we can from our mistakes and failures, we should put them behind us and go ahead.

People fail forward to success.

Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.

People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator ... years ago, I was cured of a badly infected finger with antibiotics when once my doctor could have recommended only a hot water soak or, eventually, surgery.... When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and photocopiers ... I appreciate where we've come from.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

Growth is not concerned with itself.

The despotism of custom is everywhere standing up to human advancement.

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; but he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

I'm still growing each and every day. I'm trying to become a better person, a better player and an all-time better QB.

If someone is trying to skip the struggle - which is the creative job - our machines today, the technology that we have, can help the person, but it is only momentary. On the other hand, if you are creative, you have the skill, and you are hardworking, technology can only make you superior.

The nation is trying to catch up with a rapidly changing world.

All I'm trying to do is to keep going and keep evolving.

I am someone who tunes into more ethical journalism, and I'm not someone who dwells a lot on the negative, so I think I'd rather focus on the positive and forge ahead.

Well, I think the turning point, in my opinion, has to be 2006 as in that year we came under BCCI. With that a lot of facilities were provided to us, a lot of things changed for good and better.