Get Better Quotes - Page 40

• I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later.

  Richelle Mead

  Firsts, Avoiding

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.187, Penguin

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• Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Stupid, Thinking, Forever

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “A Gathering Light”, p.144, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• ...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

  Seth Godin

  Motivational, Art, Business

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• Sometimes it seems to stand still. Like you’re in a bag and you can’t get out and somebody’s always telling you that it will get better with time and time just seems to stand still and laugh at you and your pain.

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Pain, Laughing, Bags

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• We tend to hold that popping medicine in our mouths and swallowing is the extent of our involvement in the healing process. We believe that if we get better, it's because the medicine worked magic, not the person.

  Inga Muscio

  Believe, Healing, Medicine

  Inga Muscio (2002). “Cunt: A Declaration of Independence”, p.50, Seal Press

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• Things don’t get better just because you want them to.

  Susane Colasanti

  Want

  Susane Colasanti (2013). “So Much Closer”, p.65, Scholastic UK

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• I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think about today..." "No, that's giving up... I'm still hpoing that yesterday will get better.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Giving Up, Thinking, Yesterday

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• educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is if we develop a real ability to assess ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?

  Randy Pausch

  Real, Self, Way

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love Is, Suffering, Wish

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 21, 2014

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• I think your vision gets better as you get older.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Thinking, Vision

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “A Gathering Light”, p.144, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Why lily?” “It’s the most sacred and beautiful of all flowers in Egypt. They bloom in mud and shine in the darkness like a gift from the gods to remind you that no matter how bad something is, it will get better. That no matter how dark the night, the light will come for you. If you partake of them, they have the power to calm and soothe you, and to heal your wounds.” When he spoke his next words, they were laced with emotion and sincerity. “You are, and will always be, my sšn.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Beautiful, Flower, Dark

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “The Guardian”, p.154, Hachette UK

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• The only wat to get better at writing is to write. And read.

  Stephen King

  Writing

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• So what if I don't learn algebra?' 'Someday schools will be open again,' Mom said. 'Things will be normal. You need to do your work now for when that happens.' 'That's never going to happen,' Jon said. 'And even if schools do open up somewhere, they're not going to open up here. There aren't enough people left.' 'We don't know how many people are like us, holed up, making do until times get better.' 'I bet whoever they are, they aren't studying algebra,' Jon said.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Mom, School, People

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• We're all sinking in the same boat here. We're all bored and desperate and waiting for something to happen. Waiting for life to get better. Waiting for things to change. Waiting for that one person to finally notice us. We're all waiting. But we also need to realize that we all have the power to make those changes for ourselves.

  Susane Colasanti

  Change, Bored, Waiting

  Susane Colasanti (2009). “Waiting For You”, p.33, Penguin

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• Love isn't logical, or even our choice. Love chooses us. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

  Susane Colasanti

  Choices, Sometimes, Logical

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• My attitude has always been if you get better and you see success, that should motivate you to even work harder, so that's kinda how I approach everything.

  Taylor Swift

  Attitude, Should, Work Harder

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• How do I get better once I've had the best?

  Katy Perry

  Song: Thinking Of You, Album: One of the Boys, 2008

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• If Paris were missing, he´d want the same guys looking for him. Seriously, the only team capable of getting better results would be Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Hannibal

  Gena Showalter

  Team, Paris, Guy

  Gena Showalter (2014). “Lords of the Underworld Collection 3: The Darkest Secret\The Darkest Surrender\The Darkest Seduction”, p.1059, Harlequin

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• All rehab can do is tell you what’s wrong with you and then suggest ways for you to get better.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Rehab, Way, Can Do

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• I suppose with so many things suddenly getting better, the things that were still missing hurt even worse.

  Rick Riordan

  Hurt, Missing, Stills

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• When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

  Sophie Kinsella

  Needs, World, Confession

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• I thought I was getting better at this. I thought I was starting to make peace with being in love with a girl who despises me, but I don't think I'm so okay with it after all. Somewhere along the line I made a dark bargain with the universe without ever really being aware of it--a bargain that if I was allowed to see her, even if we never spoke, then I could live with that. And now a week without her has swallowed up all of my rational thinking. I feel like a junkie, sick for my next fix and not sure when it will come.

  Holly Black

  Girl, Being In Love, Dark

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

  Jeannette Walls

  Sometimes

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• If I’d stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don’t think I would have survived high school.

  Susane Colasanti

  Believe, School, Thinking

  Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.96, Penguin

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• TOP FIVE WAYS PEOPLE CAN SURPRISE YOU 5. Just when you think they’ve given up on you, they prove that they never will. 4. They find a way to speak up after staying silent for so long. 3. They defend you when you least expect it. 2. By showing you how life can get better now. 1. By helping you find a place to belong.

  Susane Colasanti

  Thinking, Long, People

  Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.122, Penguin

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