Betterment Quotes - Page 5

• My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.

  Albert Einstein

  Law, Punishment, Ideas

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.340, Princeton University Press

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• Constitution is for the people, people are not for the constitution. Change it for the betterment of the common man.

  Arvind Kejriwal

  Men, People, Politics

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• The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.

  Herbert Hoover

  Character, Men, Foundation

  Herbert Hoover (1934). “Challenge Liberty”

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• It is hardly fair to blame America for the state of San Francisco, for its population is cosmopolitan and its seaport attracts the floating vice of the Pacific; but be the cause what it may, there is much room for spiritual betterment.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Spiritual, San Francisco, America

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• If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those around us, you will experience a high that is beyond my ability to express.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Sorry, Buddhism

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• Our knowledge and our ability to handle our problems progress through the open conflict of ideas, through the tests of phenomenological adequacy, inner consistency, and practical-moral consequences. Reason may err, but it can be moral. If we must err, let it be on the side of our creativity, our freedom, our betterment.

  Rudolph Rummel

  Creativity, Ideas, Consistency

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• When you take action on ideas and tactics you will begin to uncover great potential and begin to unleash it for the betterment of yourself, your organization and the world.

  Kevin Eikenberry

  Organization, Ideas, Tactics

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• We spend a lot of time bickering at great cost, and very little time actually coming up with solutions. And I think we misuse our ambition for our own gains and rarely for the betterment of ourselves, and people around us and our environment. And I think that's sort of pathetic and desperate.

  Dave Matthews

  Ambition, Thinking, People

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Hurt, People, May

  "The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois". Book edited by Aberjhani, 2003.

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• It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow.

  James Larkin

  Mean, Men, Justice

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• Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia.

  Emma Goldman

  Real, Mean, Russia

  Emma Goldman (2003). “My Disillusionment in Russia”, p.259, Courier Corporation

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• Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.

  Albert Einstein

  World, Tradition, Fulfillment

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• Do not stand in the way of the next step in human progress. No one living who reads the signs of the times but realizes that woman suffrage must come. We are working for the ballot as a matter of justice and as a step for human betterment.

  Carrie Chapman Catt

  Justice, Progress, Next Steps

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• We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, Effort, Progress

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• I am also full of admiration for Chelsea Manning [formerly PFC Bradley Manning]. Regardless of which side of the argument you're on, he stood up for something he felt wasn't right. That was an extraordinarily brave thing to do, and I think he was unfairly punished for it. It's a really big deal what he did, and he did it for the betterment of all us, including the soldiers on the ground, as well as the civilians caught up in those conflicts.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Thinking, Brave, Soldier

  "“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 10, 2013.

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• Since the industrial revolution, cities, and especially the inner cities, were the places for the newly arrived. Voluntary immigrants seeking economic betterment, refugees, the bohemians, the artists - all of those people were crammed into densely populated neighborhoods and tenements. And as people climbed up the economic ladder they moved out, which really accelerated with the "white flight" phenomenon in the '60s and '70s.

  Cleve Jones

  Artist, Cities, White

  "Legendary LGBT Activist Wants You to Get Up and Fight". Interview with Alexander Sammon, www.motherjones.com. December 6, 2016.

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• We cannot afford to not stick and work together for the betterment of our community.

  T.I.

  Community, Working Together, Sticks

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• When we live our lives not for vanity, but for the sake of God and the betterment of humanity, that's what gives us immortality.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Vanity, Giving, Humanity

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• To me, there's two definitions of feminism. One is that you believe that women are equal human beings; that's not really a philosophy, it's just obvious. And the other is that you're actually fighting for women: you're promoting women and working towards the betterment of women.

  Stephen Marche

  Philosophy, Believe, Fighting

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind: they have convinced us that mass homogeneity is more essential for the betterment of society than is individual initiative, and they have adorned this dubious assumption with assurances that by leveling all distinctions between human beings, collective peace and unity will result as a matter of course, just as water runs downhill or the cart follows the ox.

  Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora

  Running, Rights, Justice

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• The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth of the beast. ... Politicians see government as a solution but the people see government as part of the problem. Beastly bureaucracy is born out of good intentions married to poor solutions. Only when politicians realize what constituents already know will the true problem even be addressed much less solved.

  R. Lee Wrights

  Government, People, Growth

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• Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things "which cannot be shared," and if they raise themselves to a point where they adopt an abstract principle superior to their egotisms. In other words, it can only be obtained by a betterment of human morality.

  Julien Benda

  Men, Principles, Morality

  Julien Benda (1969). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”

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• Till I see money spent on the betterment of man instead of on his idleness and destruction, I shall not believe in any perfect form of government.

  Margot Asquith

  Believe, Men, Perfect

  Margot Asquith (1933). “More Memories”

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• If there's a single message passed down from each generation of American parents to their children, it is a two-word line: Better Yourself. And if there's a temple of self-betterment in each town, it is the local school. We have worshipped there for some time.

  Ellen Goodman

  Education, Children, School

  Ellen Goodman (1983). “At Large”, Fawcett Books

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• We are perfect and it's just for us to acknowledge this aspect of us, be conscious in our thoughts and use mind power to bring forth the betterment of the nation.

  Sizzla

  Perfect, Mind, Use

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