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When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

Quotes by Daniel H. Pink

Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.

Quotes by Daniel De Leon

It's time to stop obsessing about overhead and start focusing on progress. Change charity, and charity can change the world.

Quotes by Dan Pallotta

Progress often masquerades as trouble.

Quotes by Dan Pena

No one can say that democratizing financial services is bad. It is good for communities, countries, the global economy, and educational progress.

Quotes by Dan Schulman

One way to understand human progress is to look at how technology has made products and services - once reserved for the elite - progressively more accessible and affordable.

Quotes by Dan Schulman

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Quotes by Dale Turner

We will have to stand up for and promote the power and promise of free markets and free peoples, and affirm that American preeminence safeguards rather than impedes global progress.

Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

We are not race blind. Of course we still have racial tensions in this country. But the United States of America has made enormous progress in race relations, and it is still the best place on Earth to be a...

Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

Quotes by Connie Mack IV

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

Quotes by Claire McCaskill

One could argue the GOP made no progress on limiting government in their four years of total control from 2002 to 2006. If anything, government expanded like never before.

Quotes by Chuck Todd

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.

Quotes by Christopher Lasch

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

Quotes by Christopher Hitchens

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for me to progress toward was television and film.

Quotes by Chris Wood

Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can allow newness to come in and challenge something that's an established mode.

Quotes by Chris Ofili

And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization.

Quotes by Chauncey Wright

James's expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to have been space for it during Henry's progress to the North to pay his devotions at Beverley Minster.

Quotes by Charlotte Mary Yonge

I was only 14 when I started playing the east London rave scene. At the time, I was so captivated by everything. I didn't ever wanna progress out of that scene.

Quotes by Charli XCX

When you leave a club like Liverpool, you have to go somewhere you'll feel comfortable and progress as a player. To come to Stoke was an easy decision.

Quotes by Charlie Adam

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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