Better Person Quotes - Page 10

• Even when there's pressure and distractions and expectations from others or myself, it's a good thing. It just makes me a better person. It makes me stronger.

  Nick Goepper

  Expectations, Stronger, Pressure

  "A conversation with Olympic freestyle skier Nick Goepper". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. February 2014.

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• You learn how to be a better person not just on the [race] track, but all around.

  Bobby Labonte

  Race, Track, Persons

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness...they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.

  Maria Sharapova

  Winning, Tennis, Important

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• There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.

  Edie Falco

  Sobriety, Actors, Made

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• I didn't want to be cut, but it made me a better person and a better player.

  Jason Spezza

  Cutting, Player, Want

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• One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.

  George Foreman

  Goal, Inspire, Persons

  George Foreman, Ken Abraham (2007). “God In My Corner: A Spiritual Memoir”, p.113, Thomas Nelson

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• You don’t just go to somebody and say, ‘I’m a better person because you’re in my head.

  Neal Shusterman

  Persons

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

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• Love should be that person that inspires you to be a better person.

  Angelina Jolie

  Inspire, Should, Persons

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• Everyone grows and changes. It's not even to say that you become a better person than you were, but you're morphing. This whole thing is just a weird river that we're on.

  Katie Aselton

  Rivers, Morphing, Grows

  Source: collider.com

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• I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience, unless you know your truth and you're not living a lie. So I'm learning through it, and it's making me a better person, and it's making me a better artist, I think.

  Diane Guerrero

  Lying, Artist, Thinking

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

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• It makes you a better person to know where you came from, because whereever you go, there is somebody in some town, city, hamlet, whatever, that has the same dreams you have.

  Jamie Farr

  Dream, Cities, Towns

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• If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what they want to do. When you are raised by two parents, you are constantly watching compromise take place. Just by observing that, it made me a better person.

  Chris Rock

  Two, Parent, World

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

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• Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But it's right. And sometimes doing the right thing feels good, even if it does end up in a trip to the principal's office.

  Simone Elkeles

  Order, Office, Feel Good

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Leaving Paradise”, p.279, North Star Editions, Inc.

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• 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

  Past, Thinking, Persons

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

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• If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but you’re not a better person.

  Jonathan Littell

  Country, Children, Wife

  Jonathan Littell (2009). “The Kindly Ones: A Novel”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man.

  Colleen Hoover

  Spiritual, Men, Years

  Colleen Hoover (2012). “Slammed”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• Racing a marathon is a true and simple way to test the human spirit. Whether it goes perfectly or poorly you will certainly learn something about yourself and be a better person for having tackled the distance.

  Blake Russell

  Running, Distance, Simple

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• I'm a singer. I'm a dancer. I'm a performer. I'm an actress. That's what I'm supposed to be doing. It makes me a better parent, a better person. I think I can just handle more than the average bear, you know?

  Jennifer Lopez

  Mother, Thinking, Average

  "Jennifer Lopez: February 2013 Cover" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 3, 2013.

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• I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind.

  Brit Marling

  Imagination, Mind, Innocence

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• Always try to associate yourself closely with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. Apart from the rewards of friendship, the association might pay off at some unforeseen time - that is only an accidental byproduct. The important thing is that the learning will make you a better person.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Important, Trying, Might

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

  Jeph Jacques

  People, Persons, Ought

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

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• Even the mistakes, even everything bad that happened, I wouldn’t change because then I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. The past is the past. I just want to focus on the future, and getting better, not making the same mistakes and just becoming a better person, a better artist. Just a better everything.

  Jay Park

  Mistake, Past, Artist

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• I started running ultras to become a better person. I thought if you could run 100 miles you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the Buddha, bringing peace and a smile to the world. It didn't work in my case. I'm the same old punk-ass as before, but there's always hope.

  Jenn Shelton

  Running, World, Ass

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• People don't need to know what Albert Belle is thinking. I've learned from my mistakes in the past, and that's what's made me a better person.

  Albert Belle

  Mistake, Past, Thinking

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

  Paul Gascoigne

  Men, Persons, Better Man

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