Better Person Quotes - Page 2

• I stay away from churches in which I feel like I have to pretend I'm a better person than I am. That sort of thing moves my faith backwards.

  Donald Miller

  Moving, Church, Backwards

  FaceBook post by Donald Miller from Jul 15, 2013

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• There are really two things that drive New Year's resolution success. Number one is telling somebody about your goal. Chances are, they'll either join you in pursuing it or at least support you. Number two is to be concrete and specific. You don't want a goal like "becoming a better person," because there's no objective way to judge that. It's got to be something like "I'm going to call my mother once a week." Or "I'm going to cut my body mass index to 25." It can't be fudgeable.

  Mehmet Oz

  New Year, Mother, Cutting

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• Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you're faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.

  Peter Yarrow

  Hurt, Honesty, Past

  "Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72". www.cnn.com. September 17, 2009.

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• Music may not make you a genius, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of view — and most important, to take pleasure in listening.

  Joanne Lipman

  Thinking, Views, Listening

  "Is Music the Key to Success?". www.nytimes.com. October 12, 2013.

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• Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person.

  Fred Bear

  Attitude, Hunting, Soul

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• I've tried to be a better person... I've tried, and tried and tried! You know how hard I've tried! Tell me how I've tried..." "Nice try... Five cents, please!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Nice, Trying, Cents

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• Physical attraction that strong is addictive. And knowing that kind of magic isn’t just a fantasy makes me want to find it again. But what about being with someone who makes me a better person? What about sharing my life with someone who adores me as much as I adore him, whom I can always count on, who helps me find my way when I’m lost?

  Susane Colasanti

  Strong, Knowing, Magic

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• He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

  David Nicholls

  Raises, Persons

  David Nicholls (2009). “One Day”, p.144, Hachette UK

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• I used everything as a positive
  to make me a better person and
  a better player. I have no regrets.
  Everytime I had to play a big game,
  I played a big game. I used some of
  the skepticism as a positive and motivation.

  Chris Osgood

  Motivation, Regret, Player

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• I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.

  Laird Hamilton

  Inspirational, Fear, Scare

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• At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Inspirational Life, Perception, Belief

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• I think that being a mom has made me a better person. I'm much more patient and much more chill than I was before.

  Cobie Smulders

  Mom, Thinking, Patient

  "Expect the ‘Unexpected’ with Cobie Smulders". Interview with Angela Dawson, frontrowfeatures.com. July 23, 2015.

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• If [being confident stems from] a self-esteem issue, it's important to embrace the things you might define as so-called imperfections - because something that you might call an imperfection, someone else might find so amazing and so beautiful. It's all in how you embrace yourself, your faults, and your mistakes in life. There's no better way to learn and become a better person than to go through those moments.

  John Slattery

  Beautiful, Mistake, Self Esteem

  Source: www.elle.com

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• She believed that owning a lots of things made you a better person. She didn't know - possibly didn't want to know - that happiness comes from the inside.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Want, Made, Persons

  Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”

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• I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on.

  Janine di Giovanni

  Writing, Thinking, Years

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• Revolution is like a love story. When you are in love, you become a much better person. And when you are in revolution, you become a much better person.

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Spring, Love You, Stories

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• I knew what the sanctified life was not. Not a life filled with more rituals, more scrupulously observed. Not more praying. Not becoming a better person, being more charitable, more concerned with everyone else's pains. Sanctifying had something to do with a sense of constant wonder - feeling gratitude and finding significance everywhere, in every action, relationship and object.

  Vanessa L Ochs

  Gratitude, Pain, Feelings

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• I mean, it's hard to talk about death without realizing that's our end too, right? I am constantly aware of death. It's not that I want to be, but it's a fascination of the mind and it plays a role in why I want to live my life a certain way. The more I am aware of my mortality the better person I am and the better I am at choosing a life that is aware of its beauty.

  Ada Limon

  Mean, Play, Mind

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• Every day gives you an opportunity to improve. With every run, you can try to be better. Not just a better runner, but a better person.

  John Bingham

  Running, Opportunity, Giving

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• You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person.

  Brent Smith

  Two, Choices, Complaining

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• Sometimes I overtinker, which is something wrong with my brain chemistry. But in figuring out why I do that, maybe I'll make myself a better person. I doubt it.

  John Goodman

  Doubt, Brain, Chemistry

  "John Goodman: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. September 17, 2012.

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• Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion.

  Narendra Modi

  Philosophy, Yoga, Discipline

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• I think that at the time, when I was first pregnant, it was hard to make the transition from being totally self-involved to not being able to think about myself at all. At the end of the day, I think that's the best thing that someone can go through. I think it makes you a better person. It doesn't mean that people who don't go through that aren't good people. For me, it was a good thing.

  Leslie Mann

  Mean, Thinking, Self

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I try each day, each month, each year to become a better and better person and to be good to the people I love and let them know how much I appreciate them.

  Drew Barrymore

  Years, People, Appreciate

  "Why Drew Kicks Butt". Interview with Jennifer Kasle Furmaniak, www.cosmopolitan.com. July 16, 2003.

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• Don't choose the better person, choose the person who makes a better you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Persons

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