Quotes About Improvement

were I rich enough, I would instantly pull Combe down, and build it up again in the exact plan of this cottage.' 'With dark narrow stairs, and a kitchen that smokes, I suppose,' said Elinor.

advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great.

All this she must possess», added Darcy, «and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading».

Demographic transition is associated with an increase in the quality of health care and sanitation as well as improved access to education, especially for women.

We tend to think that if a student is using a computer as part of an activity, then it's automatically a good activity. After all, they're using technology! But when we look at the results of that time spent at the computer, we really should be asking ourselves, how did this use of technology improve student learning?

It has long been recognized that getting an education is effective for bettering oneself and one's chances in the world. But a degree and an education are not necessarily synonymous.

we human beings have the blessed creative capacity to do so much better. So why don't we?" 2.

Write, write, & write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.

WHEN I'M GOOD, I'M VERY GOOD. BUT WHEN I'M BAD, I'M BETTER."—Mae West in I'm No Angel

When Grandma Mazur is talking about the reason for the improved play of her 91-year-old bowling teammate, she said: She's doing better now that we got her the longer tubing to her oxygen tank.

Whatever the other team does best, that's what you have to do better.

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

You sound like your mother." "Sometimes she's right." Truth is, she was almost always right. And my life would probably be improved if I listened to her more often.

But I refused to mope about for the evening. My little ritual with teacup, familiar chair, and a favorite Dickens story went a long way toward improving my outlook.

Remember, never despise a task—any task. In doing any job, you are either creating something or bettering something.

You don't get any better unless you're around guys who know more than you.

While there's always plenty of room for improvement, our government is actually quite effective and efficient. Our military and judicial systems and national parks are the best in the world. Unlike in countries where government corruption is rampant, I've never once been solicited for a bribe.

It is my goal as governor to steady the ship of state and improve the image of Alabama, part of that entails ending unnecessary duplication of services within state agencies.

Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

I hope people don't know what to expect from us, except for something better than before. We want to be unpredictable.

Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.

A lot of people try to evolve in unreasonable ways and I don't agree with them. But you must evolve and be better than the same guy next to you, at the same time being able to work with the guy next to you.

I'm a person and an actor that's constantly unsatisfied. I'm always reaching for something higher.

I'm constantly unsatisfied with any situation, which is both good and bad, because never being fully happy drives me to better every day... but I don't enjoy the things that I do even when I do them great.