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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.

I have a library, and it's like I want to beat Belle on 'Beauty and the Beast' and have a better library than she had.

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

If I write a book, it has to be so awesome. It has to be next level, to prove mysel. Just like if you are an athlete and you want to rap, you better bring the bars. Don't come in...

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

Quotes by Martha Beck

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it.

Quotes by Marsha Norman

I know it sounds cliched, but if we just treated each other as we'd like to be treated ourselves, we'd all be doing a lot better.

Quotes by Marsha Thomason

Confident people, who understand comedy, improvise so much better than people who are scared. You can't be scared to improvise. You have to know your character, and then you have to let go.

Quotes by Marlon Wayans

My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this...

Quotes by Marne Levine

I'm just picky about certain things in the videos, so I'm always switching out things that look or sound better.

Quotes by Marques Brownlee

Every camera shoots horizontal, right? So we're all super used to framing things with lots of horizontal room. We've seen this new wave of Snapchat stories and Instagram stories where people are actually framing for and recording in vertical. Whether...

Quotes by Marques Brownlee

If I'm going to give someone advice on what to buy, you want a personality to back it up rather than some robot telling you X is better than Y.

Quotes by Marques Brownlee

Folding in is better than folding out. Folding out is cool, and it looks potentially better… but I don't think that's the way to use a folding phone.

Quotes by Marques Brownlee

There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.

Quotes by Marla Gibbs

As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.

Quotes by Marlen Esparza

When I was really little, I wanted to be our first woman president. I always knew I want to be the kind of grownup who makes people's lives better. And since that's pretty much the job of the President of...

Quotes by Marley Dias

Potential home buyers have a two-step decision process. First, they determine whether they can afford to make a purchase - does their income safely cover their mortgage payment? Then they determine whether owning is a better financial choice than renting...

Quotes by Mark Zandi

There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the currently record low fixed mortgage rates and significantly reduce their monthly mortgage payments.

Quotes by Mark Zandi

The whole thing is you don't want to be pigeon-holed as 'Oh, he's a guy in a wheel chair. He's very fragile. You better watch out.'

Quotes by Mark Zupan

No matter which defenders are in front of me, they better be scared because of me.

Quotes by Marko Arnautovic

It's better I keep my mouth shut. Let my feet do the talking.

Quotes by Marko Arnautovic

I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to write a book for adults?' I think the better ambition is to try to write someone's favorite book,...

Quotes by Markus Zusak

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.