Progress Quotes

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." "We are morphing so fast that our ability to invent new things outpaces the rate we can civilize them." "Habit is far more dependable than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. Don’t focus on getting into shape. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a workout." "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come" "What is tolerated by the generations that precede us becomes an obstacle for the new generation" "Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform." "You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results." "We’re all a work in progress, and that’s what makes life so beautiful and worth living." "The best players are those who stay humble and continue learning." "There is always a better way" "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" "Sometimes history needs a push" "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution" "How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress" "No paradox, no progress" "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" "The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been" "There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come" "The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man"