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I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent, unending deployment. No cut and run, yet measured progress in helping a people who want to be free without an illusion of overnight success.

Quotes by Rick Renzi

I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate.

Quotes by Rick Springfield

Prediction is structurally inseparable from the business of punditry: It creates the essential image of indefatigable authority that is punditry's very architecture; it flows from that calcified image, and it provides the substance for the story that keeps getting told...

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.

Quotes by Rick Perry

Every step in the progress of this study has tended to obliterate the technical barriers by which logicians have sought to separate the inquiries relating to the several parts of man's nature.

Quotes by Richard Owen

I've learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.

Quotes by Richard M. DeVos

My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.

Quotes by Richard Lewis

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

Quotes by Richard E. Byrd

When the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress.

Quotes by Richard Cordray

For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.

Quotes by Richard Cobden

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

Quotes by Richard Cobden

Integrity is essential and irreplaceable. It is the most valuable asset for a person, a company, or a society seeking to build and progress.

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

In order for fashion to progress, we have to always be willing to invest in someone or something new and embrace risks, regardless of the economy.

Quotes by Renzo Rosso

Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new.

Quotes by Rei Kawakubo

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

Quotes by Reid Hoffman

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.

Quotes by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I've always been about progress and accomplishment. When you set your mind toward a goal, you continue to have follow-through.

Quotes by Ray Allen

We have a large Indian diaspora in Italy. India deeply appreciates Italy's recognition of their contribution to socio-economic progress.

Quotes by Ram Nath Kovind

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.

Quotes by Ralph G. Neas

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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