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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.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Quotes by Elizabeth Kenny

The values and voices of democracy are silent. Either we have lost touch with those values or, no better, believe they need not or cannot be taught.

Quotes by Elizabeth Coleman

There's perhaps no better way to understand what's happening in a marriage than being inside the home.

Quotes by Elizabeth Flock

Wal-Mart's slogan 'Save money, live better' promises a lot. So does its entrance into Chicago.

Quotes by Elizabeth Flock

The American public believes the Founding Fathers were close to infallible and that, while our political system has its faults, it functions far better than other democracies. But is it true?

Quotes by Elizabeth Flock

I want to get better and take more risks. I need to sing with other people. I need to access parts of me that aren't being accessed in the Cocteau Twins.

Quotes by Elizabeth Fraser

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell

When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or the best potato salad and guacamole? Or the best deviled eggs and crab cakes and white chocolate raspberry...

Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

It is true that all mothers do things differently from their own mothers, but they don't necessarily do them better.

Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

Girls are so often pitted against each other as enemies or adversaries. We even see it in 'Us' magazine: Who wore it better?

Quotes by Elizabeth Berkley

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bibesco

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.

Quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

I've always sought to give opportunities to women, to people who come from a different background, to add diversity to the mix - in that I think it makes our work better.

Quotes by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

People in general romanticize nature, and they make it out to be something that it isn't because humans are so awful. And yes, we are absolutely screwing up this planet, but that is only because we have the capabilities to...

Quotes by Elise Andrew

As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.

Quotes by Elissa Slotkin

In college, I went to school for acting; we had to learn phonetics just to be able to do dialects and all that stuff. I'm somebody who does better just hearing it. I'll just imitate it, and I get it...

Quotes by Eliza Coupe

Experimenting with make-up is a lot of fun. When I'm not touring, I like nothing better than inviting the girls around to listen to music and get ready together before going out.

Quotes by Eliza Doolittle

Better to just be real. Show up and do your job and be a nice person.

Quotes by Elisabeth Rohm

I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose.

Quotes by Elinor Wylie

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.