--- title: "14 Better Used Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 14 Better Used quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Better Used sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/r-a-long-270836_used_the-older-i-get-the-better-i-used-to-be_1265830.jpg" --- > [The older I get, the better I used to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-long/the-older-i-get-the-better-i-used-to-be/) [R.A. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/r-a-long-270836_used_the-older-i-get-the-better-i-used-to-be_1265830.jpg) > [Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-feldt/nobody-loves-you-better-because-you-have-used-yourself-up-for-them/) [Gloria Feldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-feldt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/gloria-feldt-15640_better_nobody-loves-you-better-because-you-have_3047057.png) > [Rather crying in pain its better to get used-to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/insane-insomniac-sushan/rather-crying-in-pain-its-better-to-get-used-to-it/) [Insane & Insomniac\_Sushan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/insane-insomniac-sushan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/insane-insomniac-sushan-33799_pain_rather-crying-in-pain-its-better-to-get_1695256.jpg) > [People better get used to the idea that I exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/segolene-royal/people-better-get-used-to-the-idea-that-i-exist/) [Segolene Royal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/segolene-royal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/segolene-royal-40531_better_people-better-get-used-to-the-idea-that_1768330.jpg) > [I ain't as good as I'm gonna get, but I'm better than I used to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-ain-t-as-good-as-i-m-gonna-get-but-i-m-better-than-i-used-to-be/) [Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/tim-mcgraw-3313_better_i-ain-t-as-good-as-i-m-gonna-get-but-i-m_3190208.png) > [My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-goal-is-not-to-be-better-than-anyone-else-but-to-be-better-that-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/anonymous-1_empowerment_my-goal-is-not-to-be-better-than-anyone_1248960.jpg) > [The older we get, the better we used to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-older-we-get-the-better-we-used-to-be/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/anonymous-1_life_the-older-we-get-the-better-we-used-to-b_1813561.jpg) > [I should have known better because I should be used to all of this by now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-should-have-known-better-because-i-should-be-used-to-all-of-this-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/anonymous-1_better_i-should-have-known-better-because-i-sho_439481.jpg) > [“I don’t know how to be in love with you, but I am, so I’d better get used to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendall-grey/i-don-t-know-how-to-be-in-love-with-you-but-i-am-so-i-d-better-get/) [Kendall Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendall-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/kendall-grey-14515_love_i-don-t-know-how-to-be-in-love-with-you_1485859.jpg) > [That's what life is all about. There's a lot of crying. So you'd better cry now and get used to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-degeneres/that-s-what-life-is-all-about-there-s-a-lot-of-crying-so-you-d-better/) [Ellen DeGeneres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-degeneres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/ellen-degeneres-604_cry_that-s-what-life-is-all-about-there-s-a_1489129.jpg) > [Fitness is not about being better than someone else, but it is about being better than what you used to be!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikita-dutta/fitness-is-not-about-being-better-than-someone-else-but-it-is-about/) [Nikita Dutta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikita-dutta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/nikita-dutta-9626_about_fitness-is-not-about-being-better-than-s_2568825.jpg) > [True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/true-nobility-isn-t-about-being-better-than-anyone-else-it-s-about/) [Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/portia-de-rossi-7193_inspirational_true-nobility-isn-t-about-being-better-t_2721643.png) > [Medications almost always do it better if they're used in conjunction with other supports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-oz/medications-almost-always-do-it-better-if-they-re-used-in-conjunction/) [Mehmet Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/mehmet-oz-6522_conjunctions_medications-almost-always-do-it-better-i_555530.png) > [you don't need to be better than any one else you just need to be better than you used to be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-don-t-need-to-be-better-than-any-one-else-you-just-need-to-be/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/anonymous-1_needs_you-don-t-need-to-be-better-than-any-one_1742624.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-used/#itemlist", "name": "Better Used Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The older I get, the better I used to be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "R.A. 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