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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.

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

Quotes by Thomas Dekker

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.

Quotes by Thomas Clarkson

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

Quotes by Thomas Aquinas

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

My Democratic colleagues, many of whom hold law degrees, should know better than to intentionally oversimplify court rulings to mislead the public and score political points.

Quotes by Thom Tillis

If we don't do a better job of getting illegal worker immigration policies in place, it's going to be a significant impediment to a number of industries.

Quotes by Thom Tillis

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is...

Quotes by Thom Yorke

There's a way to do it better - find it.

Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

My professional apprenticeship at Iowa State College from 1930 to 1943 could not have been better; the Great Depression made it so, and the talented younger economists at Ames during that period made it an exciting and profitable intellectual experience.

Quotes by Theodore Schultz

I like to revamp things; like, I make to make things better in my eye, but I don't put out own lines... I just collab with my favorite brands.

Quotes by Theophilus London

Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.

Quotes by Theophilus London

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

Quotes by Theodore C. Sorensen

The more light hearted I write about that, the better the message gets through.

Quotes by Theo Van Gogh

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.