Quotes About Improvement

Nor am I concerned with duty. I'm concerned with the characters of various people whom we know, and how, things being as they are, things may be made a little better.

There are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any book, though ever so trifling a one, even down to a jest-book; it is still better than doing nothing.

Martin Luther once said, "We are not yet what we shall be but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished but is going on. This is not the end but it is the road.

Martin Luther once said, "We are not yet what we shall be but we are growing toward it.

Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

If you are trying to develop a good relationship and feel the conversation starting to go in the wrong direction, you can humbly ask some version of "Are we OK?" "Is this working?" or "What is happening here?" to explore what might be going wrong and how it might be improved.

The truly educated man is the man who has learned the duty and responsibility of doing something useful, something helpful, something to make this old world of ours better and a happier place in which to live.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

good progress is often the herald of great progress.

The readiness with which men accustom themselves, as matters of course, to improvements in their condition, which, when anticipated, seemed to leave nothing more to be desired, could not be more strikingly illustrated. What reflection could be better calculated to moderate the enthusiasm of reformers who count for their reward on the lively gratitude of future ages!

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.

We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.

En ik sta te denken dat je toch gehoopt zou hebben dat iemand na al die tijd een douche zou hebben uitgevonden waarbij het gemakkelijk is om het water op de juiste temperatuur te krijgen. Maar dat lijkt de zoveelste te zijn dat de mensheid maar niet voor elkaar krijgt.

Vorsprung durch Technik. Progress through technology.

Better Things for Better Living . . . Through Chemistry.

Progress is our most important product.

We're Number Two. We try harder.

Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for "still doesn't work."

Life is not a final. It's daily pop quizzes.