Progress Quotes

"Risk-taking is essential for innovation and growth." "A common mistake is assuming that civilization will consistently advance in productive ways without considering the role of human nature and unpredictability in influencing progress." "Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring " "Growth is the only evidence of life " "Look back over the past with its changing empires and you can foresee the future too." "The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual" "The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease." "Doubt of any sort cannot be removed except by action." "Modern problems require modern solutions." "Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born" "There are always door openings. And gradually, it accumulates. The opportunities open up in front of you." "Exploring space involves great risks, but this is part of progress. It is the brave who face the unknown and pave the way for future generations." "The most damaging phrase in the language is: It's always been done that way." "The greatest advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur " "Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors" "We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good" "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." "Comfort is the enemy of progress" "Innovation is the bridge between problems and solutions" "Growth begins where comfort ends"