Do Better Quotes

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
― Unsourced, misattributed to Maya Angelou

“You are not a victim. You are a willing participant that has created your own anxiety through your negative mind, insecurities and actions. If you want to secure your future then the only way is through love, forgiveness and the willingness to admit you have participated in the uncomfortableness you are experiencing now. Stop telling yourself you are justified in hate, indifference, silence or bias. You are not. You can't build a positive life through battling others. The world is full of victims. No one wants to hear that story. People want to know how you did what the majority wouldn't do-you forgave and built up your enemies. It is seems totally rare and unheard of these days to swallow your pain and take the high road, but guess what? Those are the leaders that people admire and want to know. Those are the 1% who change the world and people's lives. So why do you want to be like the world when you can be beyond it?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.”
― Germany Kent

“Today, spend a little time cultivating relationships offline. Never forget that everybody isn't on social media.”
― Germany Kent

“I do believe we can do better, be better. But we can't hide behind fear. We can't tuck truth between the cushions of comfort. We have to deal with it, really confront it, so that our children can live with a lot less weight. We owe it to them.”
― Jason Reynolds, All American Boys

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
― attributed to Maya Aangelou

“The truest story - the one that will always be truest - is that I am a human being, being human. Sometimes, I am my best self. Sometimes, not so much. But goddamn, I am trying to do better. I am always trying to do better. My guess is that you are, too.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.”
― Germany Kent

“Let your light shine as an inspiration to humanity and BE THE REASON someone believes in the goodness of people.”
― Germany Kent

“Telling the world you are trying is not doing.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“For white Americans (whiteness itself a societal construct that has changed in it definition over time), this new national holiday of Juneteenth, this day off from work, should be like an American Yom Kippur, a Day of Atonement, a day of reflection, a day to keep learning more about how we have failed as a society to live up to our ideals, and what we as individuals can do to make it better, more real, closer to our vision of justice and liberty, a vision that our founding forefathers could not even imagine.

'Do better' should be what all who carry any kind of privilege in this society should say to ourselves and to each other - what can we do, what can you do, to 'do better'?”
― Shellen Lubin

“What happens if the world ends?" Freddie said.
"Maybe it already has," I said, "and this is it. Now we have the opportunity to start over and try to do better this time around.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

“When You Step Your Game Up, Your Life Will LEVEL UP!”
― Jeanette Coron

“I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has a history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future. Hopefully, anyway.”
― Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends

“The quickest way to see if someone really cares about you is do better than them and see how they react.”
― Nitya Prakash

“I'm frequently in need of consolation, I often feel weak, and more often than not, I fail to meet expectations. I know this, and every day I resolve to do better.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Set an example for others to do better.”
― Debasish Mridha

“I'll make it up to you,' I promise, holding her delicate hands between my rough ones. 'I'm not saying we won't fight or you won't want to throw those daggers at me when I'm inevitably an ass, but I swear I will always strive to do better.'

'Make what up to me?' She pulls away with an inquisitive smile.

I blink as her brow furrows. Has she lost her memories? 'How much do you remember?”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“A man will do better if he knew the best ways of living”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Transformational leaders empower their followers to do better and become better.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“True forgiveness creates the space for someone to be better even when they can’t see why they need to be better, or how.”
― Troy Hadeed, My Name Is Love: We're Not All That Different