I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.