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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.

Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I think other translators shouldn't attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end.

Quotes by Lydia Davis

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

Quotes by Lydia Ko

If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

Quotes by Lydia Lunch

If living by these sets of morals and principles and wanting to help better my land, better my country, my community, my team, my environment and helping the next person help themselves, if that's considered crazy, then I'm a crazy.

Quotes by Luke Scott

London is where I grew up, and I know it better than any other place.

Quotes by Luol Deng

I think my face and voice suit me better as I get older.

Quotes by Lusia Strus

I could probably live in London if you had better surf.

Quotes by Luke Hemsworth

What it is you do, no one else does. Just hone in on it, and just get better and greater.

Quotes by Luke James

Over the years I think I have developed a better understanding of being a goalkeeper - and I mean on and off the pitch. I mean how to deal with certain situations, how to prepare myself for games, how to...

Quotes by Lukasz Fabianski

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

Quotes by Luke Bryan

With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better.

Quotes by Luke Bryan

I'm sick at myself for not winning more. But I am always trying to find ways to make myself a better player. I am not just turning up to make up the numbers.

Quotes by Luke Donald

My objective has always been to get better, no matter where my ranking is.

Quotes by Luke Donald

I kind of say I am a stylish geek, to make myself feel better, but I am definitely a geek.

Quotes by Luke Goss

Mexico is a market economy, but we should have better markets.

Quotes by Luis Videgaray Caso

We're absolutely open to making NAFTA better.

Quotes by Luis Videgaray Caso

I know what unemployment means because I was unemployed for one-and-a-half years, and I know the drama that the worker and unemployed worker faces. I know the world of the labor union better than I think anyone else does.

Quotes by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

We're talking about growing up in regular families, dreaming about better things, instead of popping bottles in the club and spending a lot of money that you don't have while living in your mother's basement.

Quotes by Lukas Forchhammer

I used to approach writing like a football game. If I went out there and aggressively saw more, I'd know more, and I'd capture more, and I'd write better. Hut, hut, hut: First down and haiku!

Quotes by Luis Alberto Urrea

There's no other club where I'll be able to work with better players than at Barca.

Quotes by Luis Enrique

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.