Better Place Quotes - Page 5

• The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• I hope that my achievements in life shall be these-that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.

  Carl Hoppe

  Life, Strength, Integrity

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• You in the unions do not yet represent all of labor. But I hope some day you will, because I believe that it is through strength, through the fact that people who know what people need are working to make this country a better place for all people, that we will help the world to accept our leadership and understand that, under our form of government and through our way of life, we have something to offer them.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strength, Country, Believe

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• We must not only control the weapons that can kill us, we must bridge the great disparities of wealth and opportunity among the peoples of the world, the vast majority of whom live in poverty without hope, opportunity or choices in life. These conditions are a breeding ground for division that can cause a desperate people to resort to nuclear weapons as a last resort. Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place.

  Muhammad Ali

  Lying, Commitment, Opportunity

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• All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

  John Legend

  Independent, Men, Rights

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• Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the here-and-now instead of a hoped-for hereafter, and make every day count in some meaningful way and do something-no matter how small it is-to make the world a better place.

  Michael Shermer

  Meaningful, Atheist, Live Life

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• Find what it is you love to do and do it well. Make the world a better place.

  Keter Betts

  Carpe Diem, World, Wells

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• Sergey and I founded Google because we're super optimisitc about the potential for technology to make the world a better place. Think about how many people are underserved by transportation today, like those with disabilities, and how self driving cars will transform their lives. Or the wasted time you sit in your car every day commuting to and from work. Or the deaths and injuries that could be avoided.

  Larry Page

  Optimistic, Technology, Thinking

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• The common denominator is that we want to make the world a better place, for women and for everybody, and we do it through sport.

  Lyn St. James

  Sports, World, Want

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• Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Badass, Bad Ass, Important

  "The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer". Book by Oscar Niemeyer, 1998.

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• Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Responsibility, Helping Others, Would Be

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• We all have an obligation as citizens of this earth to leave the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place for our children and future generations.

  Blythe Danner

  Children, Future, Responsibility

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• If you are an entrepreneur planning to start your own company, I can't think of a better place to begin than by operating your business by the Golden Rule. Make this a high priority; never make a decision that contradicts the Golden Rule.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Women, Thinking, Priorities

  Mary Kay Ash (1995). “Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur”, Prima Lifestyles

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• I believe we've... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Believe, Fall

  Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Cheer, Dedication

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.261, McGraw Hill Professional

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• If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Where You Are, Can Not

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.374, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Basketball, Effort, Trying

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• There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place.

  Virginia Clinton Kelley

  Baby, World, Spirit

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• You need eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place.

  Paul J. Zak

  Valentines Day, Motivation, Inspiration

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• I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Believe, Nfl

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• I think there are many feminists who would say that I am not a feminist. I love women, I have a lot of girlfriends, I admire them, they make so much more sense to me than men, and I feel like the world is a better place when women are in charge. So that kind of by default makes me a feminist. I love working in a female world.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Girlfriend, Men, Thinking

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• You have to work and think about how we can make this world a better place for all. This is what I'd really like to ask our young leaders. We will try as leaders of today to minimise the problems which we will hand over to you. But it is to you. You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Thinking, Hands, Leader

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• The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all.

  Liam Neeson

  Children, World, Causes

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• Whenever I have a birthday, I think back over the past year, how I've spent my time, what I've accomplished, what regrets I have, how I've tried to make the world a better place, and what exactly I've been doing with my life over the past 365 days, and I think to myself: 'Man, I wish I'd gotten laid more'.

  Richard M. Weiner

  Sex, Regret, Past

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• We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes the world a better place to live.

  Pope John Paul II

  Respect, Responsibility, Rights

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