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Better Quotes

On growth, progress and making things better.

These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.

Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.

Quotes by Xenophanes

Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent...

Quotes by Xenophon

I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic...

Quotes by Xi Jinping

Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what...

Quotes by Xi Jinping

China will continue to adopt multiple measures to advance the reform and opening up of its financial sector so that its financial market can better adapt to financial modernization and globalization.

Quotes by Xi Jinping

What we now face is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life.

Quotes by Xi Jinping

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

Of course it's better to have good players to build a better team. But to build a team, you need to have time.

Quotes by Xabi Alonso

I'd better make hay while the sun shines.

Quotes by Xander Berkeley

In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.

Quotes by Xavi

I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.

Quotes by Xavier Niel

In hockey, there are no second chances, but the great thing about acting is that there actually are. If you do a scene and you think you can do better - take two!

Quotes by Wyatt Russell

I've been a politician long enough to know that every year will find us living in a situation that one couldn't have imagined a year previously. Sometimes it's better than we imagined, sometimes it's not as good.

Quotes by Wolfgang Schauble

Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.

Quotes by Wong Kar-wai

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Quotes by Woody Allen

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

Quotes by Woody Allen

A man is always better than he thinks.

Quotes by Woody Hayes

I think when you play with the same defence, you sort of understand each other's body language, and you read off each other, and it's much, much better.

Quotes by Wojciech Szczesny

I am happy to take the blame sometimes for a goal conceded if I felt I could do better.

Quotes by Wojciech Szczesny

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.

Quotes by Wolcott Gibbs

Frequently Asked Questions

What different ideas about "better" appear on this page?
The quotes touch on writing something "for better or for worse," a technical point about security traffic getting "better and better," and the simple observation that "two people can work on a problem better than one."
Is there a quote about collaboration?
Yes: "Two people can work on a problem better than one," a concise statement in favor of teamwork. For more on personal development, see Growth.
Does this page touch on writing or creative projects?
Yes, one references putting a copy of "A Christmas Carol" on a desk before beginning to write something described as being, "for better or for worse," a personal creative work.
Is there a more technical or security-focused quote here?
Yes: "The most important impact of technology on communications security is that it draws better and better traffic into vulnerable channels," a specific observation about technology and security. For more on aiming higher, see Aspiration.
Does this page connect "better" to bigger personal change?
Indirectly - one quote about outlines and treatments notes the difficulty of turning ideas on paper into "something better," touching on the challenge of improving on your own plans. For more on transformation and looking ahead positively, see Change or Hope.

Continue with our Change quotes on transformation or Hope quotes for a more optimistic outlook.