Better Man Quotes - Page 3

• And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Girl, Attitude, Father

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• The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.

  Nicolas Cage

  Men, Fire, Feelings

  "'You've got to be able to break the wall'". Interview with Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2007.

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• And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Hope, Humble, Men

  "Louis Farrakhan Discusses His Role in the Murder of Malcolm X". www.cnn.com. May 14, 2000.

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• If we can reform the man and make him a better man and a God-fearing man, then we have a chance, we believe, to build a better world.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Believe, Men, God Fearing Man

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• I honor and revere the name of Joseph Smith. I delight to hear it; I love it. I love his doctrine. I feel like shouting Hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet whom the Lord raised up. I am bold to say that, Jesus Christ excepted, no better man ever lived or does live upon this earth. I am his witness.

  Brigham Young

  Jesus, Men, Thinking

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• Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

  George MacDonald

  Men, Thieves, Literature

  George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more”, p.10702, e-artnow

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• A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

  John Stuart Mill

  Freedom, War, Military

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• t's important to handle and learn from your defeats. The losses I've had taught me so much because they humbled me. You learn more from them than you do your victories. They can only make you a better fighter and a better man.

  Diego Sanchez

  Loss, Men, Victory

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.

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• If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s.

  Tom Hanks

  Men, Good Man, Spiders

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• Uriah proved to be a better man drunk than David was sober.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Men

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• The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Confused, Men, Stronger

  GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1960). “PLAYS”

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• I'm a better person now, and not only that - I'm a better man

  Paul Gascoigne

  Men, Better Person, Persons

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• I'm so happy with the show. There's nothing in this life I'll ever regret - bad or good. I look back, learn from it, and be a better man the next day.

  Luis D. Ortiz

  Regret, Men, Next Day

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• I couldn't have found a better man than Brad. He still opens doors for me and brings me flowers. He's the sweetest goofball on the planet.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Flower, Men, Doors

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• Sounis had been thinking of Ambiades. "He would have been a better man under different circumstances." Gen looked at him. "True enough," he said. "But does a good man let his circumstances determine his character?

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Character, Men, Thinking

  Megan Whalen Turner (2010). “A Conspiracy of Kings”, Greenwillow

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• From the first, you enchanted me. You are more than beautiful. You are smart and strong and determined. When I'm with you. I want to be a better man. I want to be worthy of you. I want to provide for you I want to give you the life you deserve. One day, I will. Because I know, deep in my soul, that to part is to die. - Gideon to Scarlet (wedding vows)

  Gena Showalter

  Beautiful, Strong, Smart

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• Oh, Claire," he said. "You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering." "Are you saying that you -" "Doughnuts!" Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box.

  Rachel Caine

  Men, Thinking, Zips

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town”, p.30, Allison & Busby

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• I love and am loved by a better man than he.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.25, Lulu.com

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• With all due respect," Christopher muttered, "this conversation is leading nowhere. At least one of you should point out that Beatrix deserves a better man." "That's what I said about my wife," Leo remarked. "Which is why I married her before she could find one.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Men, Wife, Married

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.212, Macmillan

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• [...] "I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die -

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Men, Together

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.539, Simon and Schuster

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• Eat as much as you'd like. My philosophy has always been that all women desire to be as fat as myself but just have a great fear of doing so. Because they think they won't get any men, but you will. You'll get more men, and better men.

  Roseanne Barr

  Philosophy, Food, Thinking

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• The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Men, Religion

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Thank You, Gratitude, Men

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

  L. Frank Baum

  Men, Brain, Crow

  L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.19, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Come in, -- come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before!

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Looks, Ghost

  Charles Dickens (2014). “A Christmas Carol (mini comic): (Mini Comics)”, p.11, Daniel Turner

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