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Practice! A lot! I can't say this enough. You'll hear an improvement, I guarantee it.
Sit up straight, because slouching distorts the sound. Think of a hose: when you bend it, the water comes out with less force, right? You don't want this to happen to your air flow.
Try to get your sound to be full, creamy, and "silvery" (if that makes any sense!). Focus the air down for low notes, straight across for middle notes, and up for high notes. Make sure you keep you throat open! This is some of the best advice I've ever gotten. Yawn. Yes, yawn! Feel how open your throat is? Play with it just like that. This allows more air to go through. Also, if your sound still sounds like it needs some adjusting, try moving your jaw down bit little bit.
Braces can be annoying when you're a flute player. Your teeth are constantly moving. You might want to push your upper lip out a bit further.
High notes can sometimes sound bad compared to the low ones. The natural thing to do would be to thighten up your chest, but don't. Practice playing lower notes, and feel how relaxed your chest it. Then try to stay this way when you play the higher ones, only adjusting your mouth and blowing more air.
Develop good breath support. Fill you lungs with air; but the trick is not to move your shoulders too much. (Don't hold them stone stiff, but don't let them heave up and down either.) The diapragm lowers and the chest cavity expands during inhalation, and the stomach muscles push the air our during exhalation.
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