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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.

Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we're all living in different worlds because we're on different continents.

Quotes by Philip Glass

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.

Quotes by Phil McGraw

People leave United and tend to drift out of the game. I actually think I became a better player and a better person. I proved a lot of doubters wrong.

Quotes by Phil Neville

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.

Quotes by Phil Rizzuto

We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other.

Quotes by Phil Robertson

Carry your Bible and live by it. There's a better chance that you will stay married if that much is true for either one of you - male or female.

Quotes by Phil Robertson

We try to find better solutions - our customers have given us a lot of trust.

Quotes by Phil Schiller

If you've noticed that dumbbells work better than barbells for you on the bench press, then why change that?

Quotes by Phil Heath

My goal every year is to be bigger and better than I was the year before. The competition just keeps getting better, and the pressure just gets hotter. Nothing gets easier.

Quotes by Phil Heath

I wish we had fewer bad words in 'Jump Street.' That would probably be better.

Quotes by Phil Lord

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your...

Quotes by Phil Collen

Two quarters doesn't make a trend, but it's a heck of a lot better than none.

Quotes by Phil Condit

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

Quotes by Phil Crane

I feel like I've been doing what I need to be doing to make me better at the game.

Quotes by Peyton Hillis

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

Quotes by Peyton Manning

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

Quotes by Phaedrus

Attacking is better than defending.

Quotes by Pham Nhat Vuong

There's no better feeling than just going in and just working with someone and what comes out is something that the world knows about.

Quotes by Pharrell Williams

I want to have better results at the Grand Slams, and of course, one day I want to be No. 1 in the world.

Quotes by Petra Kvitova

I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not...

Quotes by Peter Weir

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.