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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.

We could have done a better job explaining what was in the Affordable Care Act, but when you talk to people and you don't label it, people get really excited about what's in it. It is going to make a...

Quotes by Terri Sewell

I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

Quotes by Terry Brooks

What shocked me, and what I wasn't prepared for, was just how brutal and how unethical some people can be in the NFL. I mean, there were some great people, but there were some real snakes, too. I was like,...

Quotes by Terry Crews

Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.

Quotes by Teri Garr

My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.

Quotes by Teri Garr

Parents do the best they can. But my parents are better grandparents than they were parents.

Quotes by Teri Hatcher

Just because 'Planes' is an animated movie doesn't mean I don't take my work seriously. You can always push yourself to be better.

Quotes by Teri Hatcher

I honestly believe life is a combination of laughter and tears, and it's almost always better to laugh than to cry.

Quotes by Teresa Medeiros

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

Quotes by Terence

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.

Quotes by Terence

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.

Quotes by Terence

In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There were so many intellectual leaps. My character, Stick, is blind, but he can see better than most people. So I had trouble kind of finding...

Quotes by Terence Stamp

When I played in Germany there was also a good atmosphere in the games but this is better at Celtic.

Quotes by Teemu Pukki

I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you.

Quotes by Teemu Selanne

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Quotes by Teju Cole

Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.

Quotes by Teller

Most of what I've learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.

Quotes by Tena Desae

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!

Quotes by Ted Williams

I'm just going to continue focusing on becoming a better football player, attacking the offseason with the mindset of getting stronger and doing everything that I can to show that when the time comes, I'm ready to play football.

Quotes by Teddy Bridgewater

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.