I Quotes
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“It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve”
Source: The Diaries of Adam and Eve
“It is better to be alone then to be in a relationship, while you are trying to figure out what love means to you.”
“It is better to be alone with a dream and self-confidence, than to be in the company of multitudes of doubtful and pessimistic fellows.”
“It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.”
“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people. She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.”
Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
“It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind.”
“It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.”
“It is better to be as low as hell with a promise, than in Paradise without one.”
Source: Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel
“It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.”
“It is better to be at the end of a straight line than to be at the beginning of a circle”
“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
“It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.”
Source: Only a Duke Will Do
“It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent.”
“It is better to be broke with a belief in God than rich trying to navigate things on your own. God's favor will provide every single time. He will not leave you. He will vindicate you and promote you if you trust Him.”
“It is better to be charged with cowardice and weakness than to be guilty of denial of our oath and sin against God.”
Source: The Penguin Gandhi Reader
“It is better to be cured in the Church than to be cut off from this Body as incurable ... for, as long as the member is still attached to the Body, his cure is not beyond hope, but when he has been cut off, he can neither be treated nor cured.”
“It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.”
Source: Goethe's poems and aphorisms
“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.”
“It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”
“It is better to be destroyed than to triumph in slaying the spirit... We die praising the universe in which at least such an achievement as ours can be.”
Source: Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels
“It is better to be devoured by lions than to be eaten by dogs. Explaining why his Northwestern teams played difficult schedules.”
“It is better to be disliked for being who you are than to be loved for who you are not.”
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.”
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.”
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is better to be hated for telling the truth than to be loved for telling a lie. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel.”
“It is better to be divided by truth than united in error.”
“It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.”
“It is better to be drunk with loss and to beat the ground, than to let the deeper things gradually escape.”
“It is better to be early than too late in recognizing the passing of one era, the waning of old investment favorites and the advent of a new era affording new opportunities for the investor.”
“It is better to be envied than pitied.”
Source: Herodotus: Tr. from the Greek for the Use of General Readers; with Short Explanatory Notes
“It is better to be exceptional at one thing than to be ordinary at many.”
“It is better to be faithful than famous.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.”
Source: New proverbs for our day
“It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundreth with a beauty.”
“It is better to be foolish wise than wise foolish.”
“It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter”
Source: The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill
“It is better to be full of drink than full of food.”
Source: Hippocratic writings
“It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.”
“It is better to be gentle than rude.”
“It is better to be good than to be original.”
“it is better to be happy alone than to be miserable with someone else”
“It is better to be hated for that which is good than to be loved for that which is bad.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for something you are not.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
Source: Autumn Leaves
“It is better to be hated for your virtues than to be loved for your vices.”
“It is better to be helpful than harmful.”
“It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.”
Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
“It is better to be honourable than be honoured.”
“It is better to be humble and wise than arrogant and foolish.”