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Most Famous Progress Quotes of All Time!

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In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

Quotes by Carl Jung

Invest in a trainer. You see the progress so quickly, and you push yourself in new ways.

Quotes by Camila Mendes

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

Quotes by Calvin Coolidge

It's odd to say we had our first African American president before our first African-American-owned movie studio, but we're making progress.

Quotes by Byron Allen

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

We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools; and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching...

Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

Quotes by Bryant H. McGill

Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.

Quotes by Bryant H. McGill

Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.

Quotes by Bryant H. McGill

Thus in Christianity the alienation had become total, and it was this total alienation that was the biggest obstacle to the progress of self-consciousness.

Quotes by Bruno Bauer

Competition like that seen between Blue Origin and SpaceX is key to rapid progress in space.

Quotes by Bruce Pittman

It's a mistake to try to use play to deliberately foster developmental progress.

Quotes by Brian Sutton-Smith

I didn't have my own journals, but my mother kept a journal while I was in the hospital, and my father wrote newsletters to keep friends and family updated on my progress.

Quotes by Brent Runyon

Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.

Quotes by Brent Scowcroft

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Quotes by Branch Rickey

I will work hard at the federal level to defend our progress on climate change, but we know that forward progress on climate must happen locally.

Quotes by Brad Schneider

For society to progress, we should not only move forward but also clean up after ourselves.

Quotes by Boyan Slat

I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this brutally honest and unprecedented progress report, I am determined to level with Londoners.

Quotes by Boris Johnson

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

Quotes by Bobby Scott

Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.

Quotes by Bill Shuster

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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