“It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.”
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“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”
“The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.”
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.”
“But men are men; the best sometimes forget.”
“Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.”
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.”
“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”
“What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.”
“Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.”
“It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.”
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”
“The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.”
“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
“I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.”
“One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.”
“In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.”
“The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.”
“I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.”
“It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.”