Quotes about Progress

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization.

Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow

We should, if possible, prove a teacher to posterity, instead of being the pupil of by-gone generations. More shall come after us than have gone before; the world is not yet middle-aged.

Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.

Stories do not end.

Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.

Tall oaks from little acorns grow.

Step by step we shall get to see how truly this promise-precept

I guess that was the forerunner of our Saturday morning meetings. We wanted everybody to know what was going on and everybody to be aware of the mistakes we made. When somebody made a bad mistake—whether it was myself or anybody else—we talked about it, admitted it, tried to figure out how to correct it, and then moved on to the next days work.

DAVID GLASS: "Two things about Sam Walton distinguish him from almost everyone else I know. First, he gets up every day bound and determined to improve something. Second, he is less afraid of being wrong than anyone I've ever known. And once he sees he's wrong, he just shakes it off and heads in another direction.