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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.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Quotes by Plautus

Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and others so...

Quotes by Pliny the Elder

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Quotes by Plutarch

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

Quotes by Plutarch

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Quotes by Plutarch

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Quotes by Plutarch

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Quotes by Pietro Aretino

Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and 18th centuries, in that we have the atomic menace.

Quotes by Pierre Schaeffer

Tuchel shows me how to move and what I could do better. He wants to take me to absolute top level.

Quotes by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

Quotes by Pierre Jean de Beranger

But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more...

Quotes by Pierre Loti

Make no mistake: one is not a better Quebecer because one speaks French. One is not less of a Quebecer because one speaks English. We all share the same rights.

Quotes by Pierre Moreau

Being surrounded by diverse points of view pushes us beyond our comfort zones. And when people and teams bring multiple perspectives and experiences to the table, the discussions are deeper, the decision-making process is better, and the solutions are stronger.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

Business is doing better than governments.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

Quotes by Pierce Brosnan

Normally I will have five or six cups of tea a day, and if I can have them poured from a teapot, then all the better. I think tea tastes so much nicer from a pot.

Quotes by Phyllis Logan

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

Quotes by Phyllis McGinley

I once prayed when struggling financially and worried how I was going to be able to assist my parents in their latter years living thousands of miles away, to help me win the lottery or something. And I did win...

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

Listen, if there's anything we need more of in this world, it's something that has a better ending or is more positive.

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

Our philosophy is always to search for the best quality. That is something our father taught us. It's one way to be different from your competitors. You can try to be cheaper, or you can try to be better.

Quotes by Pier Luigi Loro Piana

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.