Being A Better Person Quotes:

You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.

- Jeph Jacques

source: "Questionable Content (Number 2081: Great Expectations)". Slice-of-life webcomic by Jeph Jacques, questionablecontent.net. (August 1, 2003 - ).

topic: People, Better Person, Being A Better Person

Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.

- Yani Tseng

topic: Better Person, Being A Better Person, Persons

Most of the things are either not communicable through human expression or they're top secret. Also I'm working on being a better person, and becoming more disciplined.

- Kalan Sherrard

source: Source: www.3ammagazine.com

topic: Secret, Better Person, Being A Better Person

We are always pregnant with a truer version of ourselves.

- Marianne Williamson

source: FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 25, 2013

topic: Inspirational, Continuous Improvement, Being A Better Person, Better Me, Lecturer

I'm attracted to things that make me want to be a better person.

- Octavia Spencer

source: Source: www.ebony.com

topic: Want, Better Person, Being A Better Person

The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.

- Simon Sinek

source: Twitter post from Jun 26, 2012

topic: Goal, Perfect, Today, Better Me, Not Being Perfect

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Inspirational, Perseverance, Attitude, I Quit, Learn From Your Mistakes

Pause and remember - Every single event in your life, especially the difficult lessons, have made you smarter, stronger, and wiser than you were yesterday. Be thankful!

- Jennifer Young

topic: Recovery, Loss, Yesterday, Live And Learn, Take Nothing For Granted

Your beliefs don't make you a better person. Your behavior does.

- Unknown

topic: Doe, Belief, Behavior, Personal Beliefs, Being A Better Person

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Inspirational, Friendship, Relationship, Better Me, Suicide Inspirational

If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself.

- Joel Osteen

source: Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

topic: Feel Good, Want, About Yourself, Better Me, Imperatives

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Inspirational, Success, Determination, Succes, Success Is Measured

the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Rewards, Being A Better Person

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

- Russell Westbrook

topic: Basketball, Mistake, Trying, Better Me, Learn From My Mistakes

Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that you can make out of what you are. The very best.

- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

topic: Disappointed, Best Of Me, Make Out, Better Me, Nothing Can Stop Me

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

- August Wilson

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Forgiveness, Dark Side, Better Me

Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it's not. It's all about getting rid of the darkness you accumulate.

- Carolyn Crane

topic: Thinking, People, Darkness, Self Transformation, Being A Better Person

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Motivational, Keys, People, Self Transformation, Being A Better Person

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

- C. S. Lewis

topic: Life, Inspiring, Powerful, Integrity And Character, Integrity Character

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

- Jim Rohn

topic: Perseverance, Integrity, Character, Being A Better Person

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

- Arthur Calwell

topic: Lying, Athlete, Winning, Will To Win, Australian

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

- Pema Chodron

topic: Peace, Helping Others, Order, Better Me, Helping Hand

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.

- Rick Rubin

source: Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.

topic: Progress, Life Learning, Better Person, Being A Better Person

No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

- Tiger Woods

topic: Motivational, Fitness, Attitude, Better Me, Continuous Improvement

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

- William Arthur Ward

source: William Arthur Ward, “Do More”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Dream, Practice Makes Perfect, Love And Kindness

I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren't intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.

- Vanessa Hudgens

source: "Disney stars turned sexy", www.foxnews.com.

topic: Mistake, People, Looks, Being A Better Person

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Success, Basketball, Greatness, Formula For Success, Attracted To Someone

This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.

- Ellen Page

source: "Time to Thrive". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2014.

topic: Effort, Would Be, World, Better Me, Interacting With Others

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

- Gloria Steinem

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Fun, Happy Relationship, Right Person

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.

- Les Paul

source: "The Man Before The Guitar: Remembering Les Paul At 100". "All Things Considered" with Joel Rose, kvcrnews.org. June 9, 2015.

topic: Fighting, Might, Harder, Keep Calm And Carry On, Never Surrender

Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person.

- Sandra Bullock

topic: Falling In Love, Love You, Heart, Being A Better Person

A relationship means you come together to make each other better. It’s not all about you, and it’s not all about them. Its all about the relationship. Support them in their dreams/vision just as much as you would expect them to support you. Make each other better. Challenge each other to go beyond average. Pull out the greatness from within each other. Make sure they can find their biggest fan in you, and you can find yours in them.

- Trent Shelton

source: FaceBook post by Trent Shelton from Aug 08, 2013

topic: Relationship, Dream, Mean, Better Me, Interpersonal Relationship

Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.

- Brad Montague

topic: Inspirational, Sympathy, Kindness, Random Acts Of Kindness, Outgoing

Don't fool people to think you are better than who you are. Instead of trying to act changed, pray that you will be changed.

- LeCrae

topic: Thinking, People, Trying, Being A Better Person

I just don't see the point in beating myself up. I think it's more productive to concentrate on being a better person right now than punishing myself for who I was in the past.

- Megan McCafferty

source: Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.792, Crown

topic: Thinking, Past, Better Person, Being A Better Person

I've always had God, but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking, a place where I can think about being a better person.

- Julianne Hough

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

topic: Positive Thinking, Community, Feelings, Being A Better Person

Times change. God doesn’t, but times do. We learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is alive only when it is listening, morphing, innovating, letting go of whatever has gotten in the way of Jesus and embracing whatever will help us be more and more the people God wants us to be.

- Rob Bell

source: FaceBook post by Rob Bell from Jul 15, 2012

topic: Change, God, Faith, Morphing, Change God

You cannot wait until everything becomes better before you decide to have a good attitude. You have to be the best you can be right where you are.

- Joel Osteen

topic: Attitude, Waiting, Being The Best, Better Me, Now Or Never

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

- William Glasser

topic: Attitude, Want, Behavior, Better Me, Betterment

Every relationship, every situation is part of a divinely created and highly specific curriculum for your soul growth

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Soul, Growth, Curriculum, Better Me, Lecturer

You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

- Blake Griffin

topic: Thinking, Important, Want, Better Me, Continuous Improvement

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement, Unsuccessful, Journey To Success

It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others. it's only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others. when you feel centered and alive, you are in much better position to be a better person.

- Robin Sharma

topic: Art, Loving Yourself, Alive, Art Of Loving, Being A Better Person

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

topic: Order, People, Becoming, Becoming Better, Becoming A Better Person

I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person

- Terrell Owens

topic: Change, Thinking, Media, Being A Better Person

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

- Nouman Ali Khan

source: FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Aug 25, 2013

topic: Perfection, Demand, Strive, Not Being Perfect, Being A Better Person

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

- Sidney Poitier

topic: Good Morning, Bed, Wake Up, Funny Good Morning, Morning Person

If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.

- Henry Rollins

topic: Hate, Men, Car, Wrapping, Being A Better Person

My girlfriend makes me want to be a better person... so I can get a better girlfriend.

- Anthony Jeselnik

topic: Girlfriend, Stupidity, Want, Being A Better Person

As long as we are flippant and stupid and shallow and think that we know ourselves, we shall never give ourselves over to Jesus Christ; but when once we become conscious that we are infinitely more than we can fathom, and infinitely greater in possibility either for good or bad than we can know, we shall be only too glad to hand ourselves over to Him.

- Oswald Chambers

topic: Jesus, Stupid, Thinking, Flippant, Being Stupid

We can help a person to be himself by our own willingness to steep ourselves temporarily in his world, in his private feelings and experiences. By our affirmation of the person as he is, we give him support and strength to take the next step in his own growth.

- Clark Moustakas

topic: Giving, Support, Feelings, Steep, Being A Better Person

Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

- Russell M. Nelson

topic: Differences, Perfection, Self Improvement, God Help Me, Confidence In God

Before I take my last breath, before my last flower withers, I wish to live, I wish to make love, I wish to be in this world close to those who need me, those who I need, in order to learn, comprehend and rediscover that I can be and I want to be better at every moment.

- Ahmad Shamloo

topic: Flower, Order, Making Love, Cherish Every Moment, Live Life Happy