Better Lives Quotes

If somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what drives them, because that's what we want.

An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people.

It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives.

To those men and women in business, remember the ultimate end of your work: to make a better product, to create better lives. I ask you to plan for the longer term and avoid that temptation of quick and easy paper profits.

Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars, but they became a librarian or something. I've heard women say again and again when the subject of Germaine comes up: 'Well, her book changed my life for the better.' And they'll be modest women living pretty ordinary lives, but better lives.

The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives.

Take this question of the payment of taxes which seems uppermost in many people's minds. It is true that you may work twice as hard and that when your income is above a certain amount, you may retain for yourself a much smaller percentage of the fruits of your labor. Perhaps the day will come when the man who is paying a high income tax will say to himself "This is proof of my patriotism. The measures which are supported by this money are what make my country a better place to live in. They insure to me and to my children a greater security under the form of government which I have chosen." We may pay high taxes but if it means that many hard working people have better lives, I am glad to do so. I am entirely in accord with the idea that it is hardly worthwhile to try to give a better way of life to those who will not work and help themselves, but there are many, many people who work hard and for one reason or another have very little return for their labor.

We may pay high taxes but if it means that many hard working people have better lives, I am glad to do so.

At the OECD, we stand ready to continue to help our member and partner countries to design, promote, and implement Better Policies for Better Lives.

Focus on solving real problems and not on making money. There will be enough takers for your solutions. You will help make lives of some people better, and money will follow.

How do we make people's lives better unless we find the truth of what works and what doesn't?

I'm an optimist about the power of technology to transform lives for the better.

I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.

To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all.