Better Quotes

Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

It is in your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

He gave him Jim Crow. And when his wrinkled stomach cried out for the food that his empty pockets could not provide, he ate Jim Crow, a psychological bird that told him that no matter how bad off he was, at least he was a white man, better than the black man.

Let us rise up tonight with greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

We must have a better word than "prefabricated", why not "ready-made"?

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

Facts are better than dreams.

It is much better to be frightened now than to be killed hereafter.

Harsh laws are at times better than no laws at all.

When you have to hold a hot coffee-pot, it is better not to break the handle off.

We should always be aspiring to know more, and to better ourselves, and to improve ourselves. To improve ourselves, because that's how we improve the world around us, by working within us.

I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill in the blanks. Rather than tell them everything, you save your details for things that exist. Like what color the ashtray is. How far away the doorway was. So when you're talking about intangible things like emotions, the listener can fill in the blanks and you just draw the foundation.