Progress Sayings and Quotes

For many of us, staying stagnant-whether in our personal or professional life, is not an option. We’re constantly on a journey to progress forward and improve. Get inspired to get ahead with the collection of quotes about progress below.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time. Jim Rohn
Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity. Thor Heyerdahl
Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity. Arnold H. Glasgow
What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. Havelock Ellis
Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics. Tony Blair
Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. Herbert Read
Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time. Renee Fleming
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. William Howard Taft
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. Walter Bagehot
Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. Norbert Wiener
Progress is a set of assumptions. Edward Albee
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler
If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. Frederick Wilcox
Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society. Herbert Read
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. Frank Herbert
Progress is the stride of God. Victor Hugo
When any real progress is made, we unlearn and learn anew what we thought we knew before. Henry David Thoreau
The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires. Friedrich Nietzsche
Progress doesn't come from early risers - progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. Robert A. Heinlein
Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration. H. L. Mencken
The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress. Sydney J. Harris
Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat. Radhanath Swami
All progress is experimental. John Jay Chapman
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. Adlai E. Stevenson
All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. George Bernard Shaw