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.

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

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

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

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

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

The worst men often give the best advice.

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

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

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.