A Quote by Shigeo Shingo

Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress — © Shigeo Shingo
Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress

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Shigeo Shingo
1909 - 1990
If you are satisfied, you will never see any more progress. One remains dissatisfied, but that doesn't mean that things are not happening.
Even a wild horse can be tamed; even metal that is difficult to work eventually goes into a mold. If you take it easy and do not stir yourself, you will never make any progress. It has been said, "It is no disgrace to have many afflictions: I would worry if there never were any afflictions."
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
The only chance of satisfaction we can imagine is getting more of what we have now. But what we have now makes everybody dissatisfied. So what will more of it do -- make us more satisfied, or more dissatisfied?
We need to make sure that the laws we're passing are protecting people. And we should not be voting against something that makes progress just because it doesn't make as much progress as we'd like to see made. As much as I might like to see any number of issues progress in larger steps, I understand that some of these things happen in smaller steps. And so for that reason, progress is progress. And success is success.
Punjab believes that every province has equal rights, and when all provinces will make progress, Pakistan will make progress.
If workmen are denied any increase in real wages and they can look forward only to a better standard of living through reduction of prices, progress for them is terribly slow, and they become impatient and dissatisfied.
I will never, most likely, be good at the piano, but thanks to it, I will never forget the humbling, infuriating, necessary slowness of progress in any artistic endeavor.
My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never, therefore, make any progress.
Go on working, freely and furiously, you will make progress and sooner or later your worth will be recognised, if you have any.
You can achieve almost any goal you set for yourself as long as you have the discipline to pay the price to do what you need to do and to never give up. You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.
I know what hierarchy and discipline mean. Without those, we will never have order and progress.
The most miserable man in the world of those meant for Paradise will be dipped once in Paradise. Then he will be asked, "Son of Adam, did you ever face any misery? Did you ever experience any hardship?" So he will say, "No, by God, O Lord! I never faced any misery, and I never experienced any hardship."
After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.
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