Better Place Quotes

• I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

  Clare Balding

  Extraordinary Person, Graffiti, World

  "Clare Balding: 'I want to make the world better, for women mainly'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2013.

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• There is the eternal war between those who are in the world for what they can get out of it and those who are in the world to make it a better place for everybody to live in.

  George Bernard Shaw

  War, World, Eternal

  Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw (1999). “Plays Political: The Apple Cart, On the Rocks, Geneva”, p.244, Penguin UK

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• My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hero, Fighting, Winning

  Interview with George R. R. Martin and all the Wild Cards contributors from BUSTED FLUSH, fantasyhotlist.blogspot.ru. December 10, 2008.

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• Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother

  Jane Goodall

  Impact, Differences, Choices

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• We all have a moral obligation to leave this world a better place than the world that we've found.

  Tim McIlrath

  Change, Responsibility, Leaving

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• By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?

  Rick Danko

  Inspirational, Positive, People

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• Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

  Rosalynn Carter

  Caring, Helping Others, Our World

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• if everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place!

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, People, Choices

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• A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

  Nelson Mandela

  Independent, Compassion, Concern For Others

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• Abuse of any kind thrives off secrecy. I felt like if I started talking about it, maybe other people would. I wanted to break the silence. Now I feel I'm in a much better place emotionally than I've ever been anytime in my life.

  Chris Witty

  Talking, People, Silence

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• A curious thing happened: the terrains of England began to impinge on my consciousness, altering, then effacing, the world outside the library window… I was wrapped in a pleasurable dreaminess. I was in a better place. If true life existed elsewhere, then I had almost found it.

  Garry Disher

  True Life, Library, World

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• My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

  Jon Lovitz

  Dad, People, Laughing

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• The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.

  Q'orianka Kilcher

  Heart, Justice, Comforting

  "LatinoBuzz: Interview with Q’orianka Kilcher". Interview with Juan Caceres, www.indiewire.com. February 6, 2013.

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• I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

  Ben Goldacre

  Doctors, Drug, Would Be

  "Ben Goldacre: 'It's appalling ... like phone hacking or MPs' expenses'". Interview With Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2012.

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• Jim Rohn is the master motivator - he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference and it sticks. I consider Jim the 'Chairman of Speakers.' The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend, Jim Rohn.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Differences, Style, Making A Difference

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• I am not inspired by helping you find Chinese food at 2am in Dallas, or swipe right to get laid. I want to use tech and data to make the world a better place.

  Nancy Lublin

  Data, Chinese, Dallas

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• I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.

  Sara Blakely

  Running, Believe, Race

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• The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring,
  surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him.
  More than delivering strikes and slashes,
  and deeper in significance than the simple outwitting of an enemy, Ninpô is the way of attaining that which we need
  while making the world a better place.
  
  The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning.

  Toshitsugu Takamatsu

  Art, Winning, Simple

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• AND THEN SOME... these three little words are the secret to success. People that follow this are thoughtful of others; considerate and kind...and then some. They are good friends and neighbors...and then some. I am thankful for people like this, for they make the world a better place. Their spirit of service is summed up in these three little words...AND THEN SOME.

  Carl Holmes

  Good Friend, Thoughtful, People

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• Money means better meals at better places.

  Alison Brie

  Mean, Meals

  "The Enthusiasms of Alison Brie". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2013.

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• Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it.

  Paul Bremer

  Iraq, Worth It

  "Bremer exits early from Iraq" by Bill Schneider, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2004.

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• L.A.'s a better place to live than it is to visit.

  Simon Baker

  Places To Live

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

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• Like many dads I know, I've long been motivated in all aspects of my life by my love for my children - and my desire to make the world better a better place for them, my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren.

  Thomas Carper

  Children, Dad, Long

  "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

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• When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.

  Harry Chapin

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• Being able to communicate with a loved one that you haven't talked to in a while because of some communication break makes their life and your life in a much better place.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Communication, Able, Loved Ones

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