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title: "10 Better Hard Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Better Hard quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Better Hard sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/steven-soderbergh-2075_better_i-find-myself-in-situations-a-lot-where_1439622.png"
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> [I find myself in situations a lot where I have to say to someone, "This can be better," and it's hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-soderbergh/i-find-myself-in-situations-a-lot-where-i-have-to-say-to-someone-this/)

[Steven Soderbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-soderbergh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/steven-soderbergh-2075_better_i-find-myself-in-situations-a-lot-where_1439622.png)

> [Different' and 'new' is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/different-and-new-is-relatively-easy-doing-something-that-s-genuinely/)

[Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/jonathan-ive-3015_better_different-and-new-is-relatively-easy-doi_635825.png)

> [I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-always-tell-my-staff-better-is-good-i-ll-take-better-every-time/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/barack-obama-17_better_i-always-tell-my-staff-better-is-good-i_564667.jpg)

> [Different and new is relatively easy. Doing something thats genuinely better is very hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/different-and-new-is-relatively-easy-doing-something-thats-genuinely/)

[Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/jonathan-ive-3015_design_different-and-new-is-relatively-easy-doi_2483455.png)

> [I always critique myself but I'm realistic - I know I can do better but I'm never that hard on myself, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-hayward/i-always-critique-myself-but-i-m-realistic-i-know-i-can-do-better-but/)

[Francesca Hayward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-hayward/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/francesca-hayward-10001_better_i-always-critique-myself-but-i-m-realist_429645.jpg)

> [Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-comforting-fantasy/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/carl-sagan-160_comforting_better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-com_1141746.jpg)

> [It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-gets-better-it-seems-hard-you-know-i-think-being-different-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/anonymous-1_hard_it-gets-better-it-seems-hard-you-know-i_38314.jpg)

> [Who you know, 10 albums later, get better than he's ever been before? It's hard. To come from all this huge success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fat-joe/who-you-know-10-albums-later-get-better-than-he-s-ever-been-before-it/)

[Fat Joe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fat-joe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/fat-joe-3437_better_who-you-know-10-albums-later-get-better_870371.jpg)

> [Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-comforting-fantasy-and-in-the/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/carl-sagan-160_comforting_better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-com_293731.jpg)

> [I'm always trying to make movies that are better than the ones that we've made before. We don't always succeed at doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-m-always-trying-to-make-movies-that-are-better-than-the-ones-that/)

[Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/jason-blum-2829_always_i-m-always-trying-to-make-movies-that-ar_3234962.jpg)

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