Better Than You Quotes

Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed you have lived in vain".

Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what you are going to tell them; when, in their turn, they begin to speak, they repeat to you with the greatest confidence, as if dealing with their own property, the things that they have heard you say yourself at some other place. A capable and superior look is the natural accompaniment of this type of character.

Try to find a teacher of meditation and meditate at least once a week in a group with people who meditate a little better than you do. It will inspire you to keep meditating.

When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.

I don't think you ever feel a success really because everything could always be done better than you've done it.

The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.

A cat is better than you are, more honest, more graceful, smarter for her size, better coordinated, and infinitely more beautiful.

I don't think there is anything wrong with learning from people who are better than you.

A workable and effective way to meet and overcome difficulties is to take on someone else's problems. It is a strange fact but you can often handle two difficulties-your own and somebody else's-better than you can handle your own alone. That truth is based on a subtle law of self-giving or outgoingness whereby you develop a self-strengthening in the process.

A religious fanatic is somebody who knows Jesus Christ better than you do.

Your life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be enjoyed. You are doing better than you think.

Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's a cruel sport in that way.

It's good to wander into the studio and walk out with something that's better than you'd imagined it to be. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn't be as much fun.

Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?" "Girls don't often ask questions like that," said Hermione. "Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully.

There are some facts that will never change. One fact is that you are forgiven. If you are in Christ, when he sees you, your sins are covered-he doesn't see them. He sees you better than you see yourself.

Paul Hollywood's "You're under baked" is even better than "You're fired."

You are doing better than you think you are. But we can be better.

If there are people who do it better than you, why do it?

Be your biggest competitor - challenge yourself each day to be better than you were yesterday.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

Leave every environment you go into better than you found it.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.

Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.

Never change your originality for the sake of others because no one can play your role better than you.

If you make exercise your hobby instead of your enemy it becomes your friend; it's the one thing that will never let you down. It will always be there for you and it will always make you better than you were before. Remember: every time you go to the gym, every time you put the right supplement in your mouth, you're better than you were ten minutes ago. [...] The irony is most people know what to do, they just don't do what they know.

If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.

Trying to do better is trying to be better than you actually are, and I don't think you can do that.

You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.

If you don't realize there is always somebody who knows how to do something better than you, then you don't give proper respects for others' talents.

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!

You are better than you think.

There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

I can spend your money better than you can.

If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that's enough. And, if tomorrow you are a little bit better than you were today, then that's enough.

There is nothing to fear, because you cannot fail... only learn, grow and become better than you've ever been before.

Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else

I'm better than you think. I'm even better than I think I am.

No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.

I'm not better than you; I'm just different than you in a way that's better.

Even hating myself I still think I'm better than you.

you don't need to be better than any one else you just need to be better than you used to be

I'm straight edge, and that means I'm better than you.

I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.

Your life is not your own: it belongs to God. To "be yourself" is to be and do what God wants you to be and do, knowing that God created you for a mission and knows you and your mission better than you do.

Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Cluny, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil.

Narcissistic personalities usually do do better than you and me and the average person. We've always seen it in the office. The person who speaks up more in meetings, the person who's charismatic, who can sell an idea with more excitement and energy.

One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?