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Here are the best inspirational quotes and sayings for 2023 about making progress that will inspire growth and moving forward.
What Is Progress Sayings
1. “Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man” – C.S. Lewis
2. “Progress is not an accident, but a necessity. It is a part of nature” – Herbert Spencer
3. “Progress is not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be” – Khalil Gibran
4. “The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order” – Alfred North Whitehead.
5. “Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity” – Arnold H. Glasow
Short Quotes About Progress
6. “Always be a work in progress” – Emily Lillian
7. “All progress is experimental” – John Jay Chapman
8. “It’s not about success, it’s about progress” – Anthony Robbins
9. “Progress grows out of motion” – Richard E. Byrd
10. “Focus on your progress, not your goals” – Anna Barnes
11. “The secret of making progress is to get started” – Mark Twain
12. “Nothing recedes like progress” – E. E. Cummings
13. “Progress equals happiness” – Tony Robbins
Quotes About Slow Progress
14. “Slow, steady progress is better than daily excuses” – Robin Sharma
15. “Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow” – Plato
16. “Some quit due to slow progress. Never grasping the fact that slow progress is progress” – Jeff Olson
17. “Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing” – George Orwell
18. “Measuring progress is often like watching grass grow. While it’s difficult to detect movement on a daily basis, it’s simple to see growth over time” – Frank Sonnenberg
Celebrate Your Progress Quotes
19. “Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first” – Frederick B. Wilcox
20. “The greater part of progress is the desire to progress” – Seneca
21. “True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice” – Saint Francis de Sales
22. “Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily” – Epictetus
23. “When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before” – Henry David Thoreau
24. “Progress changes consciousness, and when people’s consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well – a virtuous circle” – William J. Clinton
25. “Too much looking backward is bad for progress” – Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes About Progress Not Perfection
26. “Focus on progress not perfection” – Bill Phillips
27. “Progress is more important than perfection” – Simon Sinek
28. “Progress is not linear. Sometimes you make great progress for a while and then you slide back a little. That’s OK. Don’t give up” – Lee Labrada
29. “Progress not perfection… you can’t be perfect everything… but you can gain progress on a daily basis” – Court McGee
30. “There is progress whether you are going forward or backward! The thing is to move” – Edgar Cayce
31. “Progress is made where progress is measured” – Jack Lalanne
Funny Quotes About Progress
32. “Like the turtle, you need to stick your neck out to make progress” – Anna Olson
33. “Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something” – Robert Heinlein
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