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Most Famous Progress Quotes of All Time!

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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.

Quotes by Marcus Garvey

Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.

Quotes by Mao Zedong

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

Quotes by Manmohan Singh

Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians.

Quotes by Malcolm Fraser

In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are...

Quotes by Malala Yousafzai

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

Quotes by Maimonides

One can not impede scientific progress.

Quotes by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

Quotes by Mahmoud Darwish

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Mahatma Gandhi

We've never made progress in this country or in this state by lowering expectations.

Quotes by Maggie Hassan

We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.

Quotes by Maggie Hassan

When a handful of tech giants are gatekeepers to the world's data, it's no surprise that the debate about balancing progress against privacy is framed as 'pro-data and, therefore, innovation' versus 'stuck in the Dark Ages'.

Quotes by Maelle Gavet

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Quotes by Madame de Stael

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.

Quotes by Madame de Stael

Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

Quotes by Mac Thornberry

To sum up, agriculture has made important progress and our farmers have now shown that they are second to none in terms of improving production and productivity.

Quotes by M. S. Swaminathan

The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring it in terms of the growth in the real income of farm families.

Quotes by M. S. Swaminathan

When I decided to leave Arsenal, I also decided that I would only be interested in playing in England or Germany. Why Swansea? I think it is the best place for me to make progress.

Quotes by Lukasz Fabianski

Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure.

Quotes by Ludwig Quidde

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the "progress" quotes on this page focus on?
These quotes look at progress from several different angles - from a historical, high-cost view ("Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake") to political ambition and personal belief. It's not one narrow theme; it spans history, national politics, and personal conviction.
Does the page include quotes about political progress?
Yes. One quote is a politician's personal reflection on their father, "one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress." Another sample post shares a speaker's own critical assessment of how much progress was being made in Iraq at the time - that assessment is presented in the quote as the speaker's opinion, not as an established fact.
Is there a quote about bringing "progressive" issues to a national stage?
Yes, one sample quote comes from a speaker discussing progress and progressive issues they were tackling locally, in Miramar, with the stated ambition of taking those issues nationally - presented as that speaker's own political goal, not a neutral fact.
What's a well-known standalone line about progress from this collection?
One of the most quotable lines here is "Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake" - a stark way of framing how much progress has often cost throughout history.
Where can I find more quotes related to progress and change?
If you enjoyed these, you may also like our Change and New quotes pages, which explore related ideas about moving forward and starting fresh.

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