Quotes About Improvement

I do not blame programmers for hard-to-use software, and I'm very sorry to have given any programmer a contrary impression. With few exceptions, the programmers I know are diligent and conscientious in their desire to please end users and are unceasing in their efforts to improve their programs' quality. Just like users, programmers are simply another victim of a flawed process that leaves them too little time, too many conflicting orders, and utterly insufficient guidance.

Maybe one day, before the universe died, Unkar Plutt would take a bath.

You don't always have to go so far as to murder your darlings – those turns of phrase or images of which you felt extra proud when they appeared on the page – but go back and look at them with a very beady eye. Almost always it turns out that they'd be better dead. (Not every little twinge of satisfaction is suspect – it's the ones which amount to a sort of smug glee you must watch out for.

Throughout the first five centuries people understood Christianity primarily as a way of life in the present, not as a doctrinal system, esoteric belief, or promise of eternal salvation. By followers enacting Jesus's teachings, Christianity changed and improved the lives of its adherents and served as a practical spiritual pathway. This way—and earliest Christians were called "the People of the Way"—bettered existence for countless ancient believers.

I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.

As we seek to reform our schools, we must take care to do no harm.

Se io studiassi di più l'italiano, lo parlerei meglio.

You must change your actions to change your results.

The only thing that could improve golf is snipers. Then those guys wouldn't wear those stupid clothes, and it would sure as shit speed up the game.

If buyer's remorse ever accomplished anything in this world," Max said, "we'd all still be living in caves.

We will discover that reducing batch size is usually the single most cost-effective way to reduce queues.

What should we change in our product development process? Eliminate waste? Increase quality? Raise efficiency? Shorten cycle time? The key to answering this question is to step back to a more basic question: Why do we want to change the product development process? The answer: to increase profits.

The only real security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way.

Everyone has the right to live in a great place. More importantly, everyone has the right to contribute to making the place where they already live great.

In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Life itself is a strange mixture. We have to take it as it is, try to understand it, and then to better it.

You're progressing on something and that's what it's all about. You wanna keep moving, having a progress in your life.

I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.

So much in life seems inflexible and unchangeable, and part of the joy of running and especially racing is the realization that improvement and progress can be achieved.

Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

I'm living my life as a journey. My quest is to make it better every year.