We had opportunities here in Salinas growing up. Things have changed, hopefully for the better, but it remains the same that education is the answer to bettering ourselves.
Quotes about bettering (16 Quotes)
Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days Compare dead happiness with living woe Think that thy babes were fairer than they were, And he that slew them fouler than he is Bettering thy loss makes the bad causer worse Revolving this will teach
I really went in there putting everything I had had left. But, he has a strong mind and came back and won the match. I was happy with the way I played. My game has improved dramatically just from watching the pros play, playing with them - everything has improved. Tournaments are essential in bettering your game.
Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.
The Race to GED is making a difference in many Virginia communities and I am proud to be a part of it. By joining the Race to GED, working-age men and women can earn a GED quickly and get on with bettering their lives, either by qualifying for a higher paying job or by continuing their education.
During our short sojourn here we are constantly changing. There is no such a thing as remaining always the same in any particular element. Our thoughts change. Our actions are not the same today as they were yesterday. We are constantly gathering new ideas, either bettering our lives, or making ourselves more unhappy. Collecting the beauties and sweets of this life is like gathering favorite roses from among the tangled briars. We pay dearly for the pleasure of having them. Yet we are told that this is but a 'preparatory school,' and the lessons we learn here are to make us more competent to enter into the higher departments of heaven. Let us strive on.
I prefer to play first base or pitcher in college. Coach Dews runs a disciplined program, which impressed me. I know he can give me the tools I need to keep focused on bettering myself.
What Cicero said of menthat they are like wines, age souring the bad, and bettering the goodwe can say of misfortune, that it has the same effect upon them.
I'm having so much fun watching these guys have fun. What's incredible is they were bettering their times by a couple of seconds a run. That's how fast these guys were learning. And not only were they bettering their times, they were becoming more and more competitive. They are so into it.
Brotherhood is not only the engagement of serving one another it is the purpose of bettering one another.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
Having been there for 15 years I have learnt to take things positively and focus on improving my game and bettering my performance.
Sallie's departure is a great loss for the guild. For two decades, she put her boundless energies and considerable talents toward protecting and enhancing the welfare of performers across America -- bettering their contracts as one of our chief negotiator
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
In everything I have done here, I've been in the company of great women who devote themselves to bettering this town. There is a great volunteer ethic here.
Declare and command I expect a supernatural miracle today, because I've done what I know will make a difference in people's lives and I am bettering myself in order to better society.