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title: "11 Desire Improve Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [We need to push. We need to have ambition. We need to have desire to improve every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/unai-emery/we-need-to-push-we-need-to-have-ambition-we-need-to-have-desire-to/)

[Unai Emery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/unai-emery/)

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> [I think if the desire to improve what I do starts to plateau then what's the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aesop-rock/i-think-if-the-desire-to-improve-what-i-do-starts-to-plateau-then/)

[Aesop Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aesop-rock/)

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> [A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/a-woman-in-love-will-do-almost-anything-for-a-man-except-give-up-the/)

[Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/)

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> [“I believe that the need to have meaningful work is connected to man’s innate desire to improve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-the-need-to-have-meaningful-work-is-connected-to-man-s/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-de-blasio/i-have-an-activist-s-desire-to-improve-people-s-lives/)

[Bill de Blasio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-de-blasio/)

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> [Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/everything-is-perfect-in-the-universe-even-your-desire-to-improve-it/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world,” E. B.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-m-grant/i-arise-in-the-morning-torn-between-a-desire-to-improve-the-world-and-3/)

[Adam M. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-m-grant/)

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> [I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-3/i-arise-in-the-morning-torn-between-a-desire-to-improve-the-world-and/)

[E B White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-3/)

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> [I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/i-arise-in-the-morning-torn-between-a-desire-to-improve-the-world-and-2/)

[E. B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white/)

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> [“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/if-the-world-were-merely-seductive-that-would-be-easy-if-it-were/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

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> [“The next time you have the urge to complain, stop and ask yourself what it is you truly want. Do you just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-next-time-you-have-the-urge-to-complain-stop-and-ask-yourself/)

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

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