Advancing Society Quotes

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward.

Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress.

Progress is the life-style of man.

Sing your praise of progress and the doom machine, the naked truth is still taboo whenever it can be seen.

The story of the entrepreneur... is the story of forward progress, of pursuing one's dreams and goals no matter how outlandish they seem to others. The entrepreneur, like the pioneer, pushes boundaries in search of what's new, what's next. Sometimes, he brings the whole society with him, rushing forward together into a next phase of our communal human life.

While the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress.

Each time we arrive at a new level in extricating ourselves from economic, social, spiritual domination, we have a moment when we dance in the world of these new experiences, only to find that the music soon stops, the dance ends, and we're struggling once again to save ourselves from being thrown back into those conditions.

Our passion is and should always be to make life better.

If you're seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You're just fighting different kinds of battles -

Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.

Our civilization is characterized by the word "progress." Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only.

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

How to become a really modern society when today we are so - as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive. We are not on - even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.

If you don't make bold moves, the world doesn't move forward.

To be a true Progressive it is not sufficient to stand up and say that one belives in what has been promulgated as progressive principles. One must be progressive in heart and active in promoting the progressive principles of today, tomorrow and always. There is no resting point, for humanity is ever ascending to a higher and better goal.

Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.

We're standing on the shoulders of so many people who have already broken down so many barriers.

Progress has been much more general than retrogression