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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.

When you're out there trying to still figure things out, it can just slow things down. So you have to kind of think on your feet, and it makes it kind of fun and exciting and challenging at the same...

Quotes by Wes Ball

If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.

Quotes by Wendy Kopp

Most of my childhood is a big blur, 'cause I needed better glasses.

Quotes by Wendy Liebman

A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.

Quotes by Wendy Whelan

You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.

Quotes by Wentworth Miller

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

Quotes by Wentworth Miller

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be...

Quotes by Wentworth Miller

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

Quotes by Wendell Phillips

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Quotes by Wendell Phillips

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.

Quotes by Wendy Cope

But more than anything I kind of pride myself in continuing the process that we're trying to accomplish, and that's just to get better and work on my fundamentals. So that's been kind of in the theme now for a...

Quotes by Webb Simpson

I wanted to just come out and continue to improve my game, continue to improve my mental capacity to play well in tournaments. I've had a slow year compared to last year, but I've been pleased because I felt like...

Quotes by Webb Simpson

It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of...

Quotes by Wen Jiabao

More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better.

Quotes by Wen Jiabao

There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.

Quotes by Wendelin Van Draanen

Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.

Quotes by Wendell Berry

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

Quotes by Wendell Berry

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Quotes by Wendell Berry

When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could...

Quotes by Wayne Newton

If you could wean yourself off of oil and not be dependent on the Middle East, obviously it's better.

Quotes by Wayne Rogers

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.