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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.

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

Quotes by Ed Koch

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.

Quotes by Ed Markey

We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.

Quotes by Ed Miliband

Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better.

Quotes by Ed Pastor

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.

Quotes by Eberhard Weber

I can't see how I'd learn to be a better actor from reading reviews.

Quotes by Ebon Moss-Bachrach

In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at.

Quotes by Ebon Moss-Bachrach

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

Quotes by Ed Bradley

And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

Quotes by Ed Bradley

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

Quotes by Ed Bradley

I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

Quotes by Earl Weaver

There is no better high than discovery.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win...

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

I didn't want to go to college, and my parents said, 'Well, then you'd better get a job, because we're not paying for you to drop out of school.' So I delivered pizza near USC for a while. We had...

Quotes by Dylan Penn

I kind of grew up on the East Coast, lived in New York for a while, then moved to L.A. So I'm not a New Yorker at all, but I'm much happier in New York; I've always liked it better.

Quotes by Dylan Walsh

Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held that certain processes of the feminine toilet, like the powdering of the nose and the application of lipstick...

Quotes by E. F. Benson

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.