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.

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come. Ian Knabel
Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress. Lisa Randall
Man is a progressive being, and every enterprise in which he engages should be carried forward in obedience to this law of his nature. James Lysander Enos
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” Franklin D.Roosevelt
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. Mahatma Gandhi
Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. L. Ron Hubbard
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass
The best road to progress is freedom's road. John F. Kennedy
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex. Karl Marx
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. Aldous Huxley
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. Franklin D. Roosevelt
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. C. S. Lewis
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. Frank Zappa
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. Shirley Chisholm
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. Albert Einstein
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. George Bernard Shaw
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Khalil Gibran
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. John Wooden
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. Albert Camus
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. Gaston Bachelard
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. Madame De Stael
Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. George Orwell
Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil. Joseph A. Schumpeter
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity. Marcus Garvey
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. Calvin Coolidge
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. Martin Luther King, Jr.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice. St. Francis of Assisi
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. Morihei Ueshiba
The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. Gilbert K. Chesterton