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.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

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

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

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

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.