George Saunders Quotes

I think I'm a person who just makes things better.

I have nothing to say for myself, only that I have always tried to make this earth a little bit better

If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice.

The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness.

No man need stay the way he is.

You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation.

Happiness is a choice; not just a matter of genes or good luck.

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

You can change things, you can make things better.

If there's anything you're not happy about-in your relationships, in your health, in your career-make a decision right now about how you're going to change it immediately.

Happiness is your choice. You can choose today.

I always strive, when I can, to spread sweetness and light. There have been several complaints about it.

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.

Look forward. Turn what has been done into a better path.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

Escape your situation through your mind and your actions.

I am a strong believer in the ability of human beings to change for the better. I am a strong believer in trying to change what we are dissatisfied with.

If you want to improve your life and the lives of those around you, you must take action.

I want to make someone's life better because I'm here. If you have that attitude it will change your day and change your life.

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.

We were all born carrying a promise -- a promise to make the world better -- and there's a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.