Better Person Quotes - Page 8

• If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?

  Nachman of Breslov

  Perseverance, Encouragement, Needs

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• To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done correctly, being competitive is a wonderful way to always try to be a better person by learning from your mistakes and capitalizing on your successes.

  Hale Irwin

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player. I am a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Player, Said

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• I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.

  Nicole Polizzi

  Regret, Lessons, Inspirational Celebrity

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• Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

  Demi Moore

  Opportunity, Exciting, Lowest Point

  "Demi Monde" by Chrissy Iley, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2007.

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• It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

  Joyce Meyer

  Desire, Want, Persons

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• The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.

  Bai Ling

  Partners, Persons

  Interview With Vicki Hogarth, www.askmen.com.

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• Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

  Naveen Jain

  Fathers Day, Inspiration, Pride

  FaceBook post by Naveen Jain from Aug 21, 2016

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• He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.

  Tippi Hedren

  Drama, Directors, Fabulous

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• I’m a better person in a relationship, and I’m a happier person. I need to come home at the end of the day and have it not be about me and my freaking hair and makeup and character motivations anymore. And I think my work is more inspired when home is safe and sound and solid, because what I do for a living is so bananas and so insecure.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Motivation, Character, Home

  "Not So Goodwin". Interview with Danielle Stein, www.wmagazine.com. June 1, 2009.

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• In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

  Marla Gibbs

  Helping Others, Love Is, Thinking

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• In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being.

  Michael J. Fox

  Husband, Father, Facts

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• I know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

  Colin Farrell

  Simple, Men, Two

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. June 26, 2002.

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• I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  Beautiful, Jesus, Eye

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• Fame does different things to different people. For some people it makes them a better person.

  Andy Cohen

  People, Doe, Different

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• The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things.

  Dennis Prager

  Order, Becoming Better, People

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• I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity.

  Howard Schultz

  Jobs, Thinking, Apples

  "Starbucks legend delivers recovery by thinking smaller". Interview with David Teather, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2010.

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• As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Sometimes, Surround Yourself, Old Relationship

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• Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is simply the creation of a space in which we are able to expose and undo our neurotic games, our self-deceptions, our hidden fears and hopes.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Self, Meditation Practice

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• When you have kids, it takes the focus off of you. You forget about what clothes you're wearing, or if you went to the gym. It makes you a better person if you do it right.

  James Denton

  Dad, Kids, Clothes

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• ...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship. That doesn't make me think I'm a better person than you are, by the way. Because one of the great admonitions in the Good Book is, don't try to take a speck out of your eye if I've got a log in my own.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, Book, Eye

  Ireland Radio and Television Interview, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 24, 2004.

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• She was the most beautiful woman in the world. If she was alive I'd probably be a better person.

  Melina Marchetta

  Beautiful, Alive, World

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.202, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but it's the way you live your life that matters. And the people you know. Valentine was Hodge's friend, and I don't think Hodge really had anyone else in his life to challenge him or make him be a better person. If I'd had that life, I don't know how I would have turned out. But I didn't. I have my family. And I have you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Valentine, Thinking, People

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1154, Simon and Schuster

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• [...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jet—and you don't just go to somebody and say, "I'm a better person because you're in my head.

  Neal Shusterman

  Thinking, Voice, Acting

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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• You happened to me,You scare me to death, you know. When you stormed into my life, you turned everything inside out. You upset all the things I believed about myself and made me think in new ways. I know who I used to be, but I’m finally ready to figure out who I am. Cynicism gets tiring, Isabel, and you’ve . . . rested me.And don’t you dare tell me you’ve stopped loving me back, because you’re still a better person than I am, and I’m counting on you to take more care with my heart than I took with yours.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Heart, Thinking, Who I Am

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