Better Place Quotes - Page 2

• You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Motivational, Leadership, Lds

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

  174 Copy quote

  Show source
• 

  Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.

  Carrie Underwood

  Responsibility, Successful, People

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

  50 Copy quote

  Show source

• Some of the most morally conscious, kindest, most compassionate people are in the entertainment industry, people who want to affect the world and make it a better place through telling human, heartfelt stories.

  Rainn Wilson

  People, Heartfelt, Stories

  "Rainn Wilson talks about Hollywood, his family and the Baha'i Faith". U.S. Baha'i News Interview, news.bahai.org. May 24, 2007.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?

  Alan Alda

  Thinking, Keys, Creating

  5 Copy quote

• I don't play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is by bringing something beautiful to every single person you run into at every moment of the day, so how can you play favorites with somebody?

  John Zorn

  Beautiful, Running, Philosophy

  4 Copy quote

• Evelyn Waugh: How do you get your main pleasure in life, Sir William? Sir William Beveridge: I get mine trying to leave the world a better place than I found it. Waugh: I get mine spreading alarm and despondency and I get more satisfaction than you do.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Trying, Alarms, World

  14 Copy quote

• We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

  Orson Scott Card

  World, Might, Today

  4 Copy quote

• The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

  Elon Musk

  Innovation, United States, Culture

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

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

  Julie Burchill

  Women, Ideas, World

  Julie Burchill (1992). “Sex & Sensibility”

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• At least once a year, I meet with a group called the Giving Pledge. It's a group of billionaires - including me, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner - who have pledged to give away most of their money to charity. We meet for three days to talk about what we're doing to help make the planet a better place to live.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Years, Giving, Groups

  8 Copy quote

• I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place.

  Lady Gaga

  Change, Believe, Use

  " Lady Gaga launches foundation to 'challenge meanness'" by The Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. March 1, 2012.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.

  Uri Geller

  War, Cancer, Nuclear Missiles

  "Who is the real Uri Geller?". Interview to Holistic London Guide, www.urigeller.com. 1997.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?

  Salma Hayek

  Running, Children, Growing Up

  4 Copy quote

• From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.

  John Hoeven

  Country, Veterans Day, War

  45 Copy quote

• I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

  Martina McBride

  Careers, Important, Use

  12 Copy quote

• Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

  Moliere

  Reform, Literature, World

  "The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover". Comedy by Moliere, 1666.

  31 Copy quote

  Show source

• If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.

  Isabel Allende

  Grandchildren, World, Ifs

  7 Copy quote

• I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Patriotic, Thinking

  11 Copy quote

• I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

  Michael Moore

  World, Littles, Film

  4 Copy quote

• My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.

  Junot Diaz

  Country, Mistake, Responsibility

  "Author Junot Diaz Shares Thanksgiving Memories". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. November 27, 2008.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't think women hold all the answers, but with their skills, their strengths, we can get to a better place.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Thinking, Skills, Answers

  4 Copy quote

• The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Government, Evil, Democracy

  4 Copy quote

• I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

  Rafael Nadal

  Spain, Not Sure

  5 Copy quote

• This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Country, News, Literature

  10 Copy quote

• When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.

  Conor Oberst

  Thinking, Battle, Done

  4 Copy quote