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.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

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

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

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

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

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

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

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