He who stops being better stops being good.
—Oliver Cromwell
Our ideals are our better selves.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
It's better to go into the world half-cocked than not to go into the world at all.
—James Hillman
I'm tired of waiting. It's time for us to find our own voice, to do our own organizing, to push forward on reform, to push forward on issues of economic justice, and to make the United States of America, this good country, even better.
—Paul Wellstone
I believe that having something to hope for—even if it's just a better tomorrow—is the most powerful drug on this planet.
—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller
Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be.
—Julia Quinn in The Viscount Who Loved Me
This was the dawn of plastic eating in America.… We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better.
—Shirley Abbott
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
—Eugene V. Debs
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
—Emile Coue
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
—Dame Rose Macaulay
The future will be better tomorrow.
—Dan Quayle
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
—Sidney Sheldon
Lately I've been thinking it would have been better to have just been by myself. That way, at least all of high school wouldn't be tinged with his memory.
—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride
Everyone should get to experience a love like that. That kind of love that makes us better people.
—R.K. Lilley in Grounded