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title: "22 Better Thought Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Better Thought quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Better Thought sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/ikechukwu-joseph-7167_christian_you-are-not-better-than-your-thought-as_2995029.jpg"
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> [“You are not better than your thought... As a man thinks so is he..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikechukwu-joseph/you-are-not-better-than-your-thought-as-a-man-thinks-so-is-he/)

[Ikechukwu Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikechukwu-joseph/)

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> [Im better off without you anyway, I thought it would be hard but I'm okay!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-better-off-without-you-anyway-i-thought-it-would-be-hard-but-i-m/)

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

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> [I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/i-am-larger-better-than-i-thought-i-did-not-know-i-held-so-much/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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> [God loves you and have a better thought about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sessah-odai-sadick/god-loves-you-and-have-a-better-thought-about-you/)

[Sessah-Odai Sadick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sessah-odai-sadick/)

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> [“Sometimes you'll find better than you thought was the best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanley-watimar/sometimes-you-ll-find-better-than-you-thought-was-the-best/)

[Hanley Watimar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanley-watimar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/hanley-watimar-35609_quote_sometimes-you-ll-find-better-than-you-th_2145128.jpg)

> [Only dislike the thought if you think that you can think better than the thought you disliked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/only-dislike-the-thought-if-you-think-that-you-can-think-better-than/)

[Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/)

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> [My life is so much better than I thought it was going to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/my-life-is-so-much-better-than-i-thought-it-was-going-to-be/)

[Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/)

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> [“Maybe it was better to be who he thought I was than who I thought I was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/maybe-it-was-better-to-be-who-he-thought-i-was-than-who-i-thought-i/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/deb-caletti-697_better_maybe-it-was-better-to-be-who-he-thought_2669060.png)

> [I give everything my best shot and sometimes it doesn't work out and other times it works out much better than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-morgan/i-give-everything-my-best-shot-and-sometimes-it-doesn-t-work-out-and/)

[Peter Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/peter-morgan-3663_best-shot_i-give-everything-my-best-shot-and-somet_2805082.jpg)

> [“Ultimately, who we are can't be hidden. But here's the deal: when we face the worst that's in us, somehow we become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-rue/ultimately-who-we-are-can-t-be-hidden-but-here-s-the-deal-when-we/)

[Nancy Rue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-rue/)

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> [“But here's the deal: when we face the worst that's in us, somehow we become better than we are - better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-rue/but-here-s-the-deal-when-we-face-the-worst-that-s-in-us-somehow-we/)

[Nancy Rue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-rue/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/nancy-rue-31089_better_but-here-s-the-deal-when-we-face-the-wor_543983.jpg)

> [You shouldn't want to be better than everybody else; you should want to be better than you ever thought you could be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azgraybebly-josland/you-shouldn-t-want-to-be-better-than-everybody-else-you-should-want/)

[Azgraybebly Josland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azgraybebly-josland/)

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> [You shouldnt want to be better than everybody else; you should want to be better than you ever thought you could be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-shouldnt-want-to-be-better-than-everybody-else-you-should-want-to/)

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

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> [My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-goldsmith/my-books-are-better-thought-about-than-read-they-re-insanely-dull-and/)

[Kenneth Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-goldsmith/)

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> [I don't believe you to have to be better than everybody else.I believe you to have to be better than you ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-believe-you-to-have-to-be-better-than-everybody-else-i/)

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

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> [“I must be better, she thought—realising it then, in that moment, for the first time. I must be OK.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/i-must-be-better-she-thought-realising-it-then-in-that-moment-for-the/)

[Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/)

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> [“It was far better, he thought, just to get on with life yourself, to have your own adventures and make your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/it-was-far-better-he-thought-just-to-get-on-with-life-yourself-to/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

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> [It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-richardson/it-is-better-to-be-thought-perverse-than-insincere/)

[Samuel Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-richardson/)

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> [We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-robson/we-didn-t-underestimate-them-they-were-just-a-lot-better-than-we/)

[Bobby Robson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-robson/)

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> [It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-o-yang/it-s-maybe-a-better-thought-to-change-the-perception-of-an-accent/)

[Jimmy O. Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-o-yang/)

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> [I'm only interested in being better than everyone else thought you could be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-stevens/i-m-only-interested-in-being-better-than-everyone-else-thought-you/)

[Brad Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-stevens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/brad-stevens-4524_being_i-m-only-interested-in-being-better-than_2348426.png)

> [“Its better to be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-jevning/its-better-to-be-thought-a-fool-than-to-open-one-s-mouth-and-remove/)

[William Jevning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-jevning/)

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