Better
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Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
We earned our dollars in a hard way, nobody gave us a feast or gave it on a plate. We worked hard and we have innovated; we have made things in a better way at a cheaper rate and gave it to the people of India.
Fitness is not about being better than someone else... It's about being better than you used to be.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
It's always easy to look at either the politics of division or fear as effective tools in politics, but ultimately, even though they can be effective tools to help you get elected, they hinder your ability to actually get the job of building a better future for this country, for this community, done.
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
Well done is better than well said.
Most of what I've learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.
As long as you keep going, you'll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success.
My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend time with my little brother, we're out on the football field. We're working out or playing Madden. We're spending time with each other, but our quality time is football.
Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.
Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.
No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better — because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.
Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.