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

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.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

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

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

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.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.