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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.

I was loved in Liverpool, I had good relationship with the fans and my team-mates but I felt I could do better.

Quotes by Ryan Babel

I like connecting with people, and that's what good art is: a point of connection. There's nothing better, on stage or on film.

Quotes by Ruth Negga

Businesses perform better when you have diversity of view in your senior leadership positions. This is not just the right thing to do socially; it's the right thing to do for your business.

Quotes by Ruth Porat

People who have had a stroke and are recovering from it love being read to... especially by someone who is a good reader - it does help them to get better.

Quotes by Ruth Rendell

I have no regrets about my work. To be a photographer was a gift of the gods. I can't imagine anything that would have been better.

Quotes by Ruth Bernhard

Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!

Quotes by Ruth Buzzi

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

Quotes by Russell Westbrook

I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I'm not a vegan for health reasons - although obviously I'm 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All...

Quotes by Russell Simmons

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

Quotes by Russell B. Long

I subscribe to the slow nickel theory. You take a little bit at a time. You always make better of what you have when you don't have best.

Quotes by Russell Hornsby

Something's always better than nothing.

Quotes by Russell Hornsby

I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better.

Quotes by Rupert Sanders

Holy crap, cross fit! It's terrible, but I'm doing that now. Anything so that I can look better.

Quotes by Rusev

Drake and Kanye make me want to get better.

Quotes by Russ

I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.

Quotes by Rupert Graves

Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

Quotes by Rupert Grint

In any case, fighting will not settle whether the claims were just or unjust. It will only settle which nation can mobilize and handle its fighting forces and its economic forces the better.

Quotes by Rufus Jones

People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I...

Quotes by Rufus Sewell

I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I've gotten better...

Quotes by Rufus Sewell

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty.

Quotes by Rufus Wainwright

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.