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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.

Find out if your radio interviewer has read your book, or you are going to have to do that part of the job on air. It's okay if they haven't, but it's always better to be prepared for what's coming.

Quotes by M. J. Rose

I don't want to be in this sport just to participate. I want to be in this to win, and that's what motivates me every day to break down barriers and to get better every time and to exceed my...

Quotes by Lyoto Machida

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

Quotes by Lytton Strachey

If children can't handle competition when it's necessary, or take some criticism, or never strive to be better because their parents inadvertently programmed them to believe they are already the best even when they're not, then they are in for...

Quotes by LZ Granderson

Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be.

Quotes by LZ Granderson

What I really realized is that by being myself, regardless of what that means, you become a better role model.

Quotes by Lzzy Hale

No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.

Quotes by M. Emmet Walsh

Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we are 'chosen', the unique species for which all the others were made. Nor are we the most important...

Quotes by Lynn Margulis

The people of Oklahoma deserve better. We deserve leadership that's willing and unafraid to take a public stand against bigotry and bullying.

Quotes by Lynn Schusterman

I don't play music very well, so I've always surrounded myself with people who played a lot better than I did. I'm a loyal person, and I just tend to leave it to the experts.

Quotes by Lynn Anderson

We are all somebody's children, and when we're in pain, we regress, instinctively looking to our parents to make everything better.

Quotes by Lynn Coady

As we settle into 2013, I predict this: We'll see companies that promote this shift from private ownership thrive. More people will be able to access things they simply don't need to own, and they'll save money and live better,...

Quotes by Lynn Jurich

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Quotes by Lyman Abbott

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

Quotes by Lyn Nofziger

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

I think that if everybody committed themselves to making a better world than how we found it, things would be much better than what they are.

Quotes by Luvvie Ajayi

I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!

Quotes by Lydia Davis

Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really.

Quotes by Lydia Davis

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.