Quotes About Advancement

The laborer likewise gains by carrying on his labor in a strong, highly civilized, and well-governed State far more than he could gain with equal industry on the frontier or in the midst of anarchy. He

Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

What's working and how can we do more of it?" That's the bright-spot philosophy in a single question.

The Springboard. Denning

When you've celebrated moving from 1 to 2, and then from 2 to 3, you gain confidence that you can make the next advance.

Once people are on the path and making progress, it's important to make their advances visible.

What's working, and how can we do more of it?

The old Televisions had an off switch.

Certainly, experience is a large ingredient, although unexamined experience provides no advancement. Thirty years of experience at something, if not properly comprehended and applied, could result in no more than the equivalent of one year's experience repeated thirty times.

although unexamined experience provides no advancement. Thirty years of experience at something, if not properly comprehended and applied, could result in no more than the equivalent of one year's experience repeated thirty times.

What was war, after all, but morale in helmets and jeeps? And what was morale if not one hundred million little conversations, the sum of which might leave men brave enough to advance? The true heart of war was in small talk.

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I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

The first serious steps were taken in 2004 with the Future Handgun System (FHS) program,

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

himself: after the locomotive

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.

When one cannot think of how to do things better one simply makes things bigger. The construction of the great pyramids in Egypt marked the end of the Old Kingdom. Bigger and bigger cathedrals and temples were built when the faithful became secure and comfortable. Dinosaurs, too, were an evolutionary dead end: the huge reptiles were replaced by small, energy-efficient mammals.

If you rest, you rust.

every professional was once a beginner

Over the course of twenty years, however, science has evolved in breathtaking fashion.

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet.