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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 you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

Quotes by Adrian Lyne

If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well...

Quotes by Adrian Lyne

We learn from each other. We learn from others' mistakes, from their experience, their wisdom. It makes it easier for us to come to better decisions in our own lives.

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair of Calvin Kleins but when I saw Mark Wahlberg interacting with the world, I realised that his stardom was sort...

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

We all love people who give credit to others for their success. Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn't blow their own horn and ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world,...

Quotes by Adora Svitak

I think one of the keys to better writing is releasing all of your ideas and to not be afraid. Dream big. This could be the greatest novel in the world you know.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

If you have the right horses and the right team, that's the way to succeed. But you have to work, and you have to improve. Every year, you must get better.

Quotes by Adolfo Cambiaso

I want people to get over my weight and the loss of it. It's been years, and I am sure people can find better things to talk about.

Quotes by Adnan Sami

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

With age and experience, I started to know myself better.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

When I see a contemporary deliver a good performance, I get inspired to do better. I don't sit and mull over other people's successes; that can be unhealthy.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

When you are working with someone who is so aware of what they do, you become better, too.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I remember in a film of mine, though both my co-star and I were newcomers, he got far better paid than me. I was shocked and appalled. I actually asked him what different are you doing that you are getting...

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

As films are a mass medium, if more people love your work, it is better.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

When you'e working with great actors, your performance also becomes better because you have such great energy in front of you.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

I don't really understand why we are paid less than the male actors, because we put equal efforts, and recent past has shown that actresses can deliver a hit film. We deserve better pay, equal to what actors get.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

On slower days, when I was only needed for coverage or reaction shots, the set of 'The Newsroom' was better than therapy. Chris Chalk and I would debate life's dilemmas... until Sam Waterston would chime in and set us both...

Quotes by Adina Porter

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.