"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ would take the slums out of people, and then they would take themselves out of the slums.
The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature."
— Ezra Taft Benson

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
— Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)

"better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try."
— Atul Gawande (Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance)

"How noble everyone would be if every evening before falling asleep they were to recall to their mids the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good or bad. Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day. "
— Anne Frank

"In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it. "
— Randy K. Milholland,

"Be Better."
— Maggie Haskins (Softball Coach)

"The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently."
— Bill Bowerman

"The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive."
— C.S. Lewis

"Never put off writing until you are better at it."
— Gary Henderson

"We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving."
— Edward De Bono (Six Thinking Hats)