Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.
Lester B. Pearson

A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day be lost if it is not closed or narrowed.
Lester B. Pearson

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.
Millard Fillmore

Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.
Robert Musil

To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
Agnes Martin

And our big theme has been, you have made so much progress, we urge you on with the openings and market openings that have occurred. They clearly work and continuing on that path will produce further growth and further opportunities for the Indian people.
John W. Snow

Since that time up until the present time, there have been progress, and changes all through the time. The changes have not come by themselves; these changes have come from the doings of everyone in the country.
Bhumibol Adulyadej

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

Movement isn't progress.
Thomas Leonard

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
Bryant H. McGill

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.
Bryant H. McGill

Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
Bryant H. McGill

Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
Bryant H. McGill

Problems are the price you pay for progress.
Branch Rickey

Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science.
Paul Nurse

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.
Christopher Lasch

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.
Robert Browning Hamilton

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

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.
Herbert Read

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.
Leslie Caron