Quotes About Better

Moving towards better rather than moving away from bad is an attitude of embracing life rather than rejecting it.

This world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter, And a cruel attempt at wit were it, If nothing better came after.

Far better, and more cheerfully, I could dispense with some part of the downright necessaries of life, than with certain circumstances of elegance and propriety in the daily habits of using them.

In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

There, that's better. Now you look like the wild scrub that fell into my life." "Because you loosened the vent's screws." "Best. Decision. Ever.

When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.

Step 12 Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we will try to carry this message to others who think that Christians are better than everyone else.

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all.

All men should be feminists. If men care about women's rights the world will be a better place. We are better off when women are empowered – it leads to a better society.

the fulfillment from living a meaningful life is the ROE (Return on Emotion). A certain kind of more is always better than less-more care, more love, and more meaningful actions.

Adrienne accepted the crackers like a hungry beggar. She gobbled the first cracker and it was so delicious that she let the second one sit on her tongue until it melted in a burst of flavor. It tasted like the crisped cheese on top of onion soup that she used to devour after a day of skiing. But better, of course, because everything that came out of this kitchen was better.

It is merely a trick of taking notice, sir. I assure you I am no better informed than another.

If the universe had been bent on handling an example of the exact opposite of who I was, it couldn't have found a better one.

It was not Muire's first apocalypse. But then, her kind had always been better at retribution than prevention.

The heart may think it knows better: The senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.

I don't know what's come over this place,' Maud stated. 'However, the Lord did, so in despair He showed me what I had better do.' 'And did the Lord suggest your sticking up your father for ten shillings?' 'No, I thought of that,' said Maud, not turning a hair.

She is so relieved to know that he's better and is finally getting the sleep he needs and she misses him.

The nineteenth century faced an ambiguous legacy. On one side was civil society theory, teaching that human society makes men better. On the other stood Rousseau, proclaiming that it makes them worse.

I started walking at night with my sister in law which has been amazing. It really does something for you. It just kind of clears the mind, it just makes you feel better, things start to tighten a little bit.

A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor.

Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy.

If it be objected that this doth in a sort authorize usury, which before, was in some places but permissive; the answer is, that it is better to mitigate usury, by declaration, than to suffer it to rage, by connivance.

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.