It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
George Washington

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
Khalil Gibran

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Theodore Roosevelt

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Theodore Roosevelt

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Theodore Roosevelt

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
Ernest Hemingway

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
Niccolo Machiavelli

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
Aristotle

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
Aristotle

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
Norman Vincent Peale

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.
Ron Paul

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
Eleanor Roosevelt

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
George Carlin