Best 642 quotes in «improvement quotes» category

Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.

Spontaneous actions of individuals, aiming at nothing else than at the improvement of their own state of satisfaction, undermined the prestige of the coercive status system step by step.

Success is the potential destiny of all created things

Temporarily in 1934 I became a department head in the German Labor Front and dealt with the improvement of labor conditions in German factories. Then I was in charge of public works on the staff of Hess. I gave up both these activities in 1941.

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.

Sustained success is largely a matter of focusing regularly on the right things and making a lot of uncelebrated little improvements every day.

Talent comes from experience and failure

The bureaucrat is not free to aim at improvement. He is bound to obey rules and regulations established by a superior body. He has no right to embark upon innovations if his superiors do not approve of them. His duty and his virtue is to be obedient.

The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency towards a continuous improvement in the average standard of living, a progressing enrichment of the many.

Technology is always evolving, and companies.. not just search companies.. can't be afraid to take advantage of change.

The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available, and a continuous trend toward an improvement in the general standard of living.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

The closest you can get to perfection is constant improvement.

The diffusion of taste is not the same thing as the improvement of taste.

The demon bared its greenish fangs. "This is my true form. An ugly surprise for you, I suppose." "I daresay it's an improvement," said Will. "You weren't much to look at before, and at least the horns are dramatic.

The healthier people are, the more they are willing to admit to their limitations and so the more open they are to the possibility of improvement.

The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.

The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.

The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.

The noblest mind the best contentment has

Then shift to intention. Not what I find missing in my life, but to what I absolutely intend to manifest and attract into my life.

The past is dead except for the life you give it

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.

The greatest justification for travel is not self-improvement but rather performing a vanishing act, disappearing without a trace.

The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities

The problem is to extract the desirable traits of forms of community life which actually exist, and employ them to criticize undesirable features and suggest improvement

The problem with most people! Is that you're not obsessed with improvement.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

There are certain standards, like the protection of minorities and the improvement in their lives that have to be improved now.

There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small.

The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.

There is always room for improvements! My strength comes from above!

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.

There isn't a plant or a business on earth that couldn't stand a few improvements-and be better for them. Someone is going to think of them. Why not beat the other fellow to it?

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.

There's Jevon's paradox that the better we get at efficiently using energy the more energy we use; so that and that machine technology improvements per se do not necessarily reduce our impacts because we immediately double down on how much we use.

There's no ceiling... just a continuation of improvement.

There's nothing like self-improvement to get your friends to like you for who you were.

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.

The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.

Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance.

Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.

To be a great leader, you must be a great listener

To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education.

To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.

Treating your users as co-developers is your least-hassle route to rapid code improvement and effective debugging.

Triumphant capitalism has unleashed a powerful drive toward inequality, not improvement, in the social sphere.