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

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.

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

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.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

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

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

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

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

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