The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.  Elbert Hubbard quotes The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little. Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things. Theodore Roosevelt quotes Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry S Truman quotes The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw quotes Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. Bertrand Russell quotes Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand quotes Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Kahlil Gibran quotes All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. George Bernard Shaw quotes | 
