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.

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

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

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

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.

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 best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.

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

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.