Better Place Quotes - Page 20

• Being able to communicate with a loved one that you haven't talked to in a while because of some communication break makes their life and your life in a much better place.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Communication, Able, Loved Ones

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• Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they're all trying to improve the world. And I think that those basic choices make the world a better place.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Thinking, Choices, Trying

  Source: the-talks.com

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• We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, 'Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone's plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.' We can decide to risk that He is indeed there, watching, caring, cherishing us as we love and accept love. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance.

  Joan Anderson

  Angel, Caring, Acceptance

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• Being born on the earth is the highest honor and greatest privilege. To be alive as human beings gives us the chance to pull off exquisite and Herculean feats of magic that are not possible in nirvana or heaven or any other so-called paradise, higher dimension, or better place,being alive right now is the greatest gift i got from God.

  Rob Brezsny

  Inspirational, Giving, Heaven

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• The world is a better place when America is willing to lead.

  Marco Rubio

  America, World, Foreign Policy

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• Building intelligent machines can teach us about our minds - about who we are - and those lessons will make our world a better place. To win that knowledge, though, our species will have to trade in another piece of its vanity.

  Astro Teller

  Science, Intelligent, Winning

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• If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with.

  Bill Gates

  Technology, Organization, Volunteer

  "A Philanthropist, Technology Pioneer, and Multi-Billionaire". Interview with Olivia Pineda, mag.amazing-kids.org. 2010.

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• If I am practicing spiritual poverty, which says that I own nothing, then the problems aren't mine and neither are the energy and compassion pouring through my heart to try to solve them. I am just a link in the process. If I don't take anything personally, then I can do great work without flagging. The Dalai Lama once said, 'Try with all your might - to work very, very hard - to make the world a better place, and if all your efforts are to no avail . . . no hard feelings!'

  Bo Lozoff

  Spiritual, Heart, Compassion

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• We are so fortunate that our work in connecting the world through Facebook has given us the ability to give back to our local community, our country and the world -- and to work to improve education, health care and internet access for everyone, to serve our community in San Francisco, we can think of no better place to focus than The General.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Education, Country, Health

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• Unfortunately this is the legacy that has been handed to us by the people before us, people who have won the Tour only to disappoint fans a few years later, if this is part of the process we have to go through to get the sport to the better place, obviously I'm here, I'm doing it.

  Chris Froome

  Sports, Years, People

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• I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Writing, Creating

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• Nanotechnology is really interesting to me. Stuff to sort of make our world a better place, and a cleaner place, through science. And it also explains things that are happening. I've always been into it.

  Jessica Alba

  Our World, Interesting, Stuff

  Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. January 29, 2008.

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• I wouldn't say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better place. I want to inspire people and I wanna be part of the solution.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Conquer The World, People, Inspire

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Bill Gates, who is the classic computer nerd, as opposed to Steve who is, like the coolest guy in the world. And who is really doing things to make the world a better place?

  Alex Gibney

  Guy, Nerd, Bills

  Source: www.salon.com

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• With the right treatment, love, and care the world is a better place.

  Ana Monnar

  World, Care, Treatment

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• The world is a better place because of Margot. Let us remember and give thanks for Margot, her brilliant mind, her loving heart, her beautiful voice, her activism, her writings, her news reporting, her other works, her magic, her bright spirit.

  Selena Fox

  Beautiful, Writing, Heart

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• A curious thing happened: the terrains of England began to impinge on my consciousness, altering, then effacing, the world outside the library window… I was wrapped in a pleasurable dreaminess. I was in a better place. If true life existed elsewhere, then I had almost found it.

  Garry Disher

  True Life, Library, World

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• L.A.'s a better place to live than it is to visit.

  Simon Baker

  Places To Live

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring,
  surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him.
  More than delivering strikes and slashes,
  and deeper in significance than the simple outwitting of an enemy, Ninpô is the way of attaining that which we need
  while making the world a better place.
  
  The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning.

  Toshitsugu Takamatsu

  Art, Winning, Simple

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• Abuse of any kind thrives off secrecy. I felt like if I started talking about it, maybe other people would. I wanted to break the silence. Now I feel I'm in a much better place emotionally than I've ever been anytime in my life.

  Chris Witty

  Talking, People, Silence

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• Like many dads I know, I've long been motivated in all aspects of my life by my love for my children - and my desire to make the world better a better place for them, my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren.

  Thomas Carper

  Children, Dad, Long

  "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

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• Jim Rohn is the master motivator - he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference and it sticks. I consider Jim the 'Chairman of Speakers.' The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend, Jim Rohn.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Differences, Style, Making A Difference

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• Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it.

  Paul Bremer

  Iraq, Worth It

  "Bremer exits early from Iraq" by Bill Schneider, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2004.

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• I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

  Ben Goldacre

  Doctors, Drug, Would Be

  "Ben Goldacre: 'It's appalling ... like phone hacking or MPs' expenses'". Interview With Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2012.

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• When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.

  Harry Chapin

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