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• The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  World, Deeds, Accomplished

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• All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better----only if the workers protest

  Mary Heaton Vorse

  Law, Wages, Hours

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• Each time we act to improve the life of another person, we send forth a ripple of hope in what appears to be a hopeless society.

  Joyce Meyer

  Hopeless, Ripple, Persons

  Twitter post from Jun 1, 2012

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• Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

  Brené Brown

  Our World, World, Littles

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Love, Funny, Change

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• There are no real successes without rejection. The more rejection you get, the better you are, the more you've learned, the closer you are to your outcome... If you can handle rejection, you'll learn to get everything you want.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Success, Real

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Jun 13, 2012

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• Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist; rather, it is the only way to hold on to the better parts of my human self. It is the only way I can live and laugh without guilt.

  Staceyann Chin

  Life, Laughter, Self

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• We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.

  Gladys Knight

  Uplifting, Blessed, Responsibility

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• Unfortunately for the betterment of mankind it is not always the fair-minded who are in the right.

  Saul Bellow

  Mankind, Fairs

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• Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Men

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  Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 12, 2016

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• The more obstacles you face and overcome, the more times you falter and get back on track, the more difficulties you struggle with and conquer, the more resiliency you will naturally develop. There is nothing that can hold you back, if you are resilient.

  Jim Rohn

  Struggle, Track, Overcoming

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 02, 2013

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• The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.

  Albert Einstein

  Sacrifice, Law, Important

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.257, Princeton University Press

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• Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

  T. D. Jakes

  Triumph, Praying, Better Yourself

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• The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to democracy in the sense that social betterment must be the necessary consequence of individual flourishing.

  Henry Giroux

  Democracy, Individual Power, Social

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• Science is but a perversion of itself
  unless it has as its ultimate goal
  the betterment of humanity.

  Nikola Tesla

  Science, Technology, Goal

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• Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it in, in grace and love and wit, from peculiar station to peculiar station along life's bittersweet route.

  Tom Robbins

  Love, Morning, Stars

  "Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 2003.

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• A man deserves credit when he accomplishes something of importance. Something that provides for the betterment of his life and his family's life and, whenever possible, mankind.

  Therese Anne Fowler

  Men, Credit, Importance

  Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.34, Macmillan

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• Being rejected from something good just means that Allah is pointing you to something better

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Mean, Rejected, Something Better

  Twitter post from Apr 11, 2016

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• With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.

  Clarence Darrow

  Honesty, Character, Men

  The Railroad Trainman, November 1909.

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• Self improvement is masturbation.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Self, Cynical, Development

  Chuck Palahniuk (2014). “Beautiful You: A Novel”, p.199, Anchor

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• Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.

  Johan Huizinga

  Aquariums, Essentials, Original Thought

  "In the Shadow of Tomorrow". Book by Johan Huizinga, Ch. 2, 1936.

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• Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic. Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my support will wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino.

  Julius Nyerere

  Freedom, Mean, Rhinos

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• Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.

  Joseph Brodsky

  Writing, Men, Self

  Joseph Brodsky (2011). “Less Than One: Selected Essays”, p.158, Penguin UK

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• If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

  Maria Montessori

  Spiritual, Children, Personality

  Maria Montessori (1989). “Peaceful Children, Peaceful World: The Challenge of Maria Montessori”

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