Logo - Feel The Words

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.

Nobody sees reality whole; we all need others to show us the parts of it that they see better than we do. Nobody sees reality with total accuracy; we all need others to correct our own vision.

Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes

I think soul singers are much better singers than I am.

Quotes by Lewis Capaldi

The sooner you start writing songs, the sooner you'll get better.

Quotes by Lewis Capaldi

Whether it's a song that might deviate from an artists' usual sound or even if it's still very much in their world, I think the more people opening themselves up creatively to collaborate with others, the better.

Quotes by Lewis Capaldi

Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret?

Quotes by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I think the more open-minded people we have - like casting directors and producers - the better things are going to be.

Quotes by Letitia Wright

As the TiVos and the Replays are coming into our world - and they're coming - it's better to - be inside the tent and figure out what they're doing and to work hand in hand with them as opposed...

Quotes by Leslie Moonves

It's not really that I've been an advocate for hearing aids for a long time, it's just that I've been losing my hearing for a long time! So it's actually very important for me because I'm actually hearing impaired and...

Quotes by Leslie Nielsen

I'm not terribly athletic. And... there's a lot of things I'm not good at. And if it makes anybody feel better, I was really a pretty bad math student growing up.

Quotes by Lester Holt

I'm musical in the sense that I can write a song, but I realised when I was learning the piano as a child that there were people who played it so much better.

Quotes by Leslie Bricusse

The story of getting better can be just as compelling as the story of falling apart.

Quotes by Leslie Jamison

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

Quotes by Les Wexner

On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed Directive Number 21, better known as Operation Barbarossa.

Quotes by Leopold Trepper

As astronauts know better than anyone else, risks, incidents, and mishaps are inevitable in the development of any high-performance vehicle. The emergence of supersonic flight during the 1940s and of the Century Series of fighters in the 1950s came with...

Quotes by Leroy Chiao

My own view about knowledge is we're always better to have knowledge.

Quotes by Leroy Hood

I was young and playing against big players and big clubs. In the beginning, I was thinking they were better than me, and maybe I was a bit scared, also.

Quotes by Leroy Sane

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

Quotes by Leonard Slatkin

The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.

Quotes by Leonard Slatkin

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

Leonardo da Vinci

It is clear we can make reforms to better ensure we are giving law enforcement all of the tools they need while maintaining the appropriate safeguards to protect the very freedoms we cherish.

Quotes by Leonard Boswell

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.