I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

The study of history reveals that human progress has not been continuous and regular, but intermittent and spasmodic, often depending upon apparently accidental causes. It is difficult to get a cross-section view of society at any given stage.

High-quality early-childhood programs and health coverage have expanded, and the number of mentoring relationships for at-risk youth has risen dramatically. That progress is encouraging, but it's not evenly distributed.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

We know that, when it comes to technology and the economy, if you're not constantly moving forward, then - without a doubt - you're moving backwards.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

Innovation, especially in America, is continuing at a breakneck pace, even in areas facing substantial political or regulatory headwinds. The advances in health care in particular are breathtaking - so many selfless souls are working to advance science, and this is heartening.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

Life is a work in progress.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

In the fifty years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we have made tremendous strides in the fight for equality. We must continue to move forward, not backward.

Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.

The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail!

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Show people a positive path that enables them to make progress on their own terms. Give them options and alternatives that empower them.

Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.

It's important to reflect upon how far we've come in achieving gender equality in the workplace and how we could move faster toward even greater goals.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human life, and progress and growth and higher human ideals come into being and so the world moves ever on.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

Every progressive movement has been built on the anger, needs, and aspirations of the emerging major class.