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I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I'm not willing to compromise and negotiate on, and that is the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers, and of...

Quotes by Ayanna Pressley

In every union roles are assumed, some traditional, some not. My husband used to pay his own bills, I used to call my own repairman. But as marriages progress, you surrender areas of your own competence, often without even knowing...

Quotes by Ayelet Waldman

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

Quotes by August Strindberg

You make a ton of progress by making a ton of mistakes.

Quotes by Astro Teller

Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I'm getting the training I need to progress as an actor. If something comes up and I have to drop, I'll drop.

Quotes by Ashton Sanders

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.

Quotes by Ashley Greene

If you are satisfied, you will never see any more progress. One remains dissatisfied, but that doesn't mean that things are not happening.

Quotes by Arundhati Bhattacharya

The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

Quotes by Artur Davis

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.

Quotes by Arthur Koestler

Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.

Quotes by Arnold H. Glasow

And the Republican Party especially associates the market with the idea of progress, goodness, family, and points us toward the mall as an answer to all our personal dreams.

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Filming a movie is different from a TV show because film is a lot quicker, you get to see the character progress and grow all in one script, and in television, you wait for a weekly update on each character.

Quotes by Ariel Winter

There's a lot of hip-hop that's oriented toward a progressive view of America because it's oriented toward a civil rights progress and a critique of the power structure.

Quotes by Ari Melber

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

Quotes by Archibald Hill

I started in the kitchen of a Holiday Inn in Birmingham. I wanted to be a sponge, wanted to learn and progress. I knew I didn't want to work in a hotel forever, but I had some good teachers there.

Quotes by April Bloomfield

I think Australia is an extremely relevant partner and a key instrument for the stability, the progress, and the support of the East Timorese.

Quotes by Antonio Guterres

It's annoying to be on the bench - it's truly annoying - but it's a test you have to overcome, and that's how you progress. It's difficult because all you want is to be able to help the team, and...

Quotes by Anthony Martial

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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