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.

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

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

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

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

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

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

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

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.