Improving Quotes
Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress.
I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.
While our energy efficiency is improving, there is a very high correlation, almost near perfect correlation, between GDP growth, and energy usage.
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.
Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.
Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?
God cannot send to eternal pain a man who has done something toward improving the condition of his fellow-man. If he can, I had rather go to hell than to heaven and keep company with such a god.
By giving every child a fair start, we are improving our collective future, including the private sector's ability to find talent in a very competitive global marketplace.
Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming who he or she really is.
A touch less ego and dash more humility will improve the quality of anything you turn your hand to.
NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
I am thankful for our democracy, liberty, and prosperity, and that so many Americans have dedicated their lives to improving our country and our world.
He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)
You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don’t spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won’t get higher student outcomes.
If a lack of money had prevented people from improving their lot, then mankind would still be living in the caves: unless you believe that investment capital first arrived from outer space.
The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.
You know, the bowling alley doesn‘t seem to be improving my game. That‘s the one thing I have noticed.
Doctor Strange is an origin story so there's a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
One can't predict the future, that maybe our training and their fighting capabilities are improving and we are going to make some progress in destroying ISIS.
Success is not winning the World Cup. It may be a goal in your mind but success is having a team that is improving all the time.
People speculated that signing Raja was an insurance policy. That is not the case. We signed Raja Bell because we thought we were greatly improving our team, the makeup of the organization.
I definitely hope that I'm improving. If I'm not, there's a problem - I'm just coasting.
In fact, the private sector is improving their algorithmic ability to search through big data month after month after month. And, of course, a big government bureaucracy isn't keeping up.
(You know) you're improving from fight to fight (when you can) showcase your talents against greater opponents every time.
It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
We remain of the view that in many areas of research we are still reliant on primates to achieve our goals for improving human health
The idea that Bentham and Mill were maximizers is the greatest stretch of all. They were progressivists, committed to improving the societies in which they lived, not utopian maximizers.
Success is not only the financial wealth you accumulate, it is also about being a leader, improving your relationships, living healthfully, and making a real difference in the world.
Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what’s not working.
As president, improving cyber security will be an immediate and top priority for my administration.
I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.
If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest, we're not actually improving anything. We're not changing anything.
I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.
Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.
We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.
I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions.
No one reads novels anymore. And I don't see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are so many reasons now not to read novels.
The best novelist of my generation is an Italian living in Paris, still working and improving - Italo Calvino.
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.
That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.
The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and progress were not denied them.
I am passionate about a few things, of course acting, films/TV and improving the lives of youth in urban communities.
Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.
Reaffirming the justice of the American system bolsters our legitimacy with allies, thereby encouraging further cooperation and improving our national security.
The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population.