Improving Quotes - Page 10

• Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Greatness, People

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1501, Delphi Classics

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• For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It's about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words - 'I might be wrong.'

  David Brin

  Teamwork, Honesty, Law

  David Brin (2012). “Existence”, p.340, Macmillan

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• Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

  Placido Domingo

  Thinking, Careers, Stills

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• We cannot separate our lives from time. Why is it that we are so extravagant, so thoughtless, in our waste of time, especially in youth, when we cling so tenaciously to life? You cannot separate a wasted hour from the same duration of your life. If you waste your time, you must waste your life. If you improve your time, you cannot help improving your life.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Time, Duration, Waste

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• Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.

  Peter Drucker

  Cancer, Growth, Add

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• High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in loving these, in displaying to the utmost of the painter's power such loveliness as is in them, and directing the thoughts of others to them by winning art, or gentle emphasis.

  John Ruskin

  Art, Winning, Lovely

  John Ruskin (1859). “Modern Painters: (pt.4) Modern painters of many things”, p.35

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• Education has in America's whole history been the major hope for improving the individual and society.

  Gunnar Myrdal

  Education, America, Individual

  "Revue internationale de pédagogie expérimentale", Vol. 22-23, H. Dunantlaan 1, p. 367, 1985.

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• As in an icicle the agnostic abides alone. The vital principle is taken out of all endeavor for improving himself or bettering hisfellows. All hope in the grand possibilities of life are blasted.

  Anna Julia Cooper

  Taken, Despair, Principles

  Anna Julia Cooper (2016). “A Voice from the South”, p.143, Courier Dover Publications

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• The one thing we learned over 5 years is that nothing works better than just improving your product.

  Jessica Livingston

  Years, Products, One Thing

  Jessica Livingston (2007). “Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days”, p.354, Apress

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• I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

  Edwin Moses

  Winning, Order, Skills

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature. In a society accustomed to dominating or 'improving' nature, this respectful imitation is a radically new approach, a revolution really. Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her.

  Janine Benyus

  Innovation, Eras, Revolution

  Janine M. Benyus (2009). “Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• The conditions that direct the order of . . . the living world . . . are marked by their persistence in improving the birthright of successive generations.

  Francis Galton

  Persistence, Order, World

  Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development 'The Observed Order of Events'

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• There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.

  Aldous Huxley

  Self, People, Certain

  1944 Time Must Have a Stop

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• Dr Sue Johnson is the most original contributor to couples therapy to
  come along in the last thirty years. This book will touch your heart,
  stimulate your mind and give you practical strategies for improving
  your relationship.

  William J Doherty

  Couple, Book, Heart

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• Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.

  Bob Parsons

  Goal, Kaizen, Investing

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• I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Agency, People, Giving

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• Keep making music.. Keep improving your music.. If there's no viral action on your music, you're just not good enough. Don't get mad at the audience, get mad at yourself. Either give up or get better.

  Bob Lefsetz

  Giving Up, Mad, Not Good Enough

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• Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspire, Improvement, Praise

  Dale Carnegie (1982). “How To Win Friends And Influence People”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

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• Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world

  Bill Gates

  World, Investment, Poorest

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• The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Mean, Bodybuilding, Next Week

  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall (1993). “Arnold”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitude and expectations. If we feel that our environment could stand some improvement, we can bring about that change for the better by improving our attitude. The world plays no favorites. It's impersonal. It doesn't care who succeeds and who fails. Nor does it care if we change. Our attitude toward life doesn't affect the world and the people in it nearly as much as it affects us.

  Earl Nightingale

  Attitude, Mirrors, Play

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• I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

  Dannii Minogue

  New Day, Acting, Week

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• It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Life, People, Astonishing

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• I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!

  Richard Chamberlain

  Unique, Two, Carbon Footprint

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.

  Bill Gates

  Mistake, Successful, Keys

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