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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.

The core spirit of Pleats Please is joy, and what better emotion to wear on your skin every day?

Quotes by Issey Miyake

The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.

Quotes by Italo Calvino

My heart felt empty, and I tried to fill the void with food. However, instead of feeling better, I became anxious and felt like I was lacking.

Quotes by IU

We have become unable to think of better education except in terms of more complex schools and of teachers trained for ever longer periods.

Quotes by Ivan Illich

I want to keep growing, keep moving towards being one of the best in the world, and there is no better place to grow than Real Madrid.

Quotes by Isco

Guidebooks used to write the name of my city in two ways: Gjirokaster in Albanian, and Argyrokastron for foreigners. The classical-sounding name somehow gave it better credentials, because people in the Balkans famously exaggerate and often call their villages cities.

Quotes by Ismail Kadare

Even though there wasn't much damage, it's a disgrace that the skies over the imperial capital should have been defiled without a single enemy plane being shot down. It provides a regrettably graphic illustration of the saying that a bungling...

Quotes by Isoroku Yamamoto

First and foremost, I live for God now. His plans for me are better than whatever I can think.

Quotes by Israel Folau

My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits.

Quotes by Isabelle Adjani

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

Quotes by Isadora Duncan

On the whole, I find that it is best to adopt as far as possible the travelling equipments of the country in which one travels. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if anything goes wrong or wears out,...

Quotes by Isabella Bird

I didn't mean to live in Portland. It was kind of an accident - I mean, the equivalent of my car breaking down there and me being like, 'Well... I guess this is what I'm doing. I just can't find...

Quotes by Isaac Brock

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

Quotes by Isaac Mizrahi

Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.

Quotes by Irvine Welsh

We want to feel hyper-alive, and it's like, the more cartoonish and grotesque the level we can operate at, the better. It's like the world we live in has become quite safe in a lot of ways, and it has...

Quotes by Irvine Welsh

Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.

Quotes by Irving Kirsch

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

Quotes by Iris Johansen

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Quotes by Iris Murdoch

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.

Quotes by Iris Murdoch

Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.

Quotes by Irv Kupcinet

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.