Quotes About Improvement

As Thomas Macaulay reflected in 1830, "We cannot absolutely prove that those are in error who tell us that society has reached a turning point, that we have seen our best days. But so said all before us, and with just as much apparent reason. . . . On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"4

What's good for humanity is not always good for social science, and it may be impossible to unsnarl the bundle of correlations among all the ways that life has improved and trace the causal arrows with certainty.

Yet it would be mad to suppose that Sally is not better off, and positively depraved to conclude that one may as well not try to improve Seema's life because it might improve her neighbors' lives even more and leave her no happier.

Better still, improvements build on one another. A richer world can better afford to protect the environment, police its gangs, strengthen its social safety nets, and teach and heal its citizens. A better-educated and connected world cares more about the environment, indulges fewer autocrats, and starts fewer wars.

The schooling, together with health and wealth, are literally making us smarter—by thirty IQ points, or two standard deviations above our ancestors.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

I like the idea of being a student, and I play with very good musicians. So playing with them allows me to get better. My aim is to get better, but I really love it for its own sake.

I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better.

Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.

I'd love a super human memory. My memory has never been good.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, your improve your world.

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

I know it sounds corny, but I'd love to improve people's lives, especially socially… Making the world more open is not an overnight thing. It's a ten-to-fifteen-year thing.

I love the training, love the competition, and I still feel like I'm progressing and getting better as a fighter.

I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.

I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

Sometimes discipline, which means 'to teach,' is confused with criticism. Children-as well as people of all ages-improve behavior from love and encouragement more than from fault-finding.

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

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