Many a man isn't as good as his woman, but I never knew a husband who was better than his wife.
Orson Scott Card
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Bible
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Joseph Joubert
Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did.
Martin Andersen-Nexö
Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.
Chinese Proverb
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
Epictetus
We live in a small world. Not a leaf falls that doesn't affect a myriad of things. When we reach out to someone in love and the effect is made everyone, everything which comes in contact with the person we've effected is better for it. Of course, the converse is true, too.
Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
We can ask ourselves daily what we have done to make the world a better place, to make someone smile, to help someone to feel more secure, etc. It's the simple things which have the greatest effect. We must never underestimate the strength of a smile or act of kindness.
Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
Robert Burton
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
It were better to be of no church, than to be bitter for any.
William Penn
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
Anne Bront
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
Henry David Thoreau
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Thich Nhat Hanh