Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

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

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

The worst men often give the best advice.

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.

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

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

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.