A Quote by Emile Durkheim

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

Emile Durkheim

Quote Topics

Circular Each Generation Improve Latter Movement Must New New Generation Order Predecessor Successor Therefore

Quote Author

Emile Durkheim
French - Sociologist
April 15, 1858 - November 15, 1917

The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.

John Wooden

If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only ONE thing: you can become better yourself.

Leo Tolstoy

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

James Allen

The most important thing for me is to value the players and try to improve them individually in order to improve the team.

Clarence Seedorf

To improve our conditions we must first improve ourselves.

Charles F. Haanel

For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on what went before.

Hilary Mantel

To improve the oarsman you must improve the man.

Steve Fairbairn

In order to improve the condition of mankind all men must be given the certainty of security through the exchange of safeguards, the assurance of prosperity through an exchange of resources, the reality of freedom through the free movement of information, persons and ideas.

Antoine Pinay

There are always things to improve on. I want to improve on my defense, and you can never be a perfect hitter. I want to focus on just playing more and being able to improve on all parts of my game.

Mark Teixeira

Truly every generation discovers the world all new again and knows it can improve it.

Herbert Hoover

By changing our mindset and habits, we can actually dramatically change the course of life, improve intelligence, productivity, improve the quality of our lives, and improve every single education and business outcome.

Shawn Achor

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.

Havelock Ellis

Governments should be role models of leadership and improve the utilization of ICT in all the governmental departments in order to improve the efficiency of governmental services and motivate ICT industries.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant.

Indra Nooyi

Humanity can only improve as people improve. When you have improved your life, you can inspire those around you to want to improve their lives. Remember that a few in harmony with God's will are more powerful than multitudes out of harmony.

Peace Pilgrim

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.

Barbara Jordan

A Quote by Emile Durkheim

Quote Topics

Quote Author

Related Quotes

Related Authors