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.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

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

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

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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

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

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.