Quotes About Improvement

The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.

Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations that have endured patiently and almost unconsciously the most overwhelming oppression, often burst into rebellion against the yoke the moment it begins to grow lighter. The regime which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor, and experience teaches that the most critical moment for bad governments is the one which witnesses their first steps toward reform.

He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. He gains no practice either in discerning or in desiring what is best. The mental and moral, like the muscular powers, are improved only by being used. The faculties are called into no exercise by doing a thing merely because others do it, no more than by believing a thing only because others believe it.

Although man resembles the animals in several respects, one feature is peculiar to him alone: he perfects himself and they do not.

Perhaps the most important principle for the good algorithm designer is to refuse to be content.

He that builds a city, and does not intend it should increase, commits as great an absurdity, as if he should desire his child might ever continue under the same weakness in which he is born. If it do not grow, it must pine and perish; for in this world nothing is permanent; that which does not grow better will grow worse.

But when it comes to most skills, failure is the only way to become better at something. Knitting teaches you that. You may have to unwind all of your stitches and start anew. That doesn't mean you've wasted your time. You learn from every stitch, even those that don't amount to anything. All writers should be made to knit a hat before they start writing a novel. It would help with understanding the importance of revision, and that the process is what can bring you the most

Escribir es duro, pero cuánto más escribes, y cuánto más disfrutas lo que escribes, mejor se vuelve.

Bueno, llega un momento en que todos hemos de empezar a cambiar si queremos mejorar. Y nuestra propia persona es lo que tenemos más a mano.

A renglón seguido, empezó a mejorar. Y es que la maldad te mata, dice Sofia.

Then you've got a chance to do better next time.' 'Next time?' 'Course. Doing better next time. That's what life is.

But I never stop trying. Doing better next time, after all, that's what life is.

Siempre puede intentar hacerlo mejor la próxima vez. En eso consiste la vida.

All I know is there's no changing yesterday. You can only look to do better tomorrow.

I want a chance to do it all again. To do it… right.

better next time. That's what life is." Logen

Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.

Do great work. Make a better product. Give better service.

How did I do today? • When did I fall from grace, and why? • Who was it I reacted to, and where? • When did I "go unconscious"? • How can I do better the next time that happens?

El libro de Thomas Prehn Racing Tactics for Cyclists (VeloPress 2003) te ayudará a mejorar con las tácticas del ciclismo.

He observado mejoras significativas en rendimiento en carrera cuando los ciclistas empiezan a entrenar con medidores de la potencia. Indudablemente, es el futuro del entrenamiento en ciclismo.

Perhaps the greatest impairment to purposeful practice is the presence of other athletes during a workout.