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.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

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

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

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

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

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

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

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