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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 think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.

Quotes by William H. McRaven

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

Quotes by William Glasser

If I'm going to create 1,000 jobs, or 10,000 jobs, or whatever the number is, wouldn't we all be better off?

Quotes by William E. Conway, Jr.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We're all getting on.

Quotes by William Christopher

The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast.

Quotes by William Cobbett

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

Quotes by William Congreve

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

Quotes by William Cowper

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts.

Quotes by William Bratton

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

Quotes by William Butler Yeats

Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century.

Quotes by William C. Kirby

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Quotes by William Camden

To be a naturalist is better than to be a king.

Quotes by William Beebe

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

Quotes by William Blackstone

I could count my modeling jobs on my hands and toes. When I graduated from college, I moved to New York specifically to study acting, and I needed to pay the bills, and it's better to make a couple thousand...

Quotes by William Baldwin

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

Quotes by William Albert Allard

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

Quotes by Willa Cather

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

Quotes by Willa Cather

Sometimes it's better to make a mark than to hit your mark, and I think I realized that early on.

Quotes by Willam Belli

Being a fat kid - FFK, former fat kid - helped round me out, no pun intended. I'm a better adult because I wasn't treated well as a child.

Quotes by Willam Belli

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.