Best Quotes

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

God is on the side with the best artillery.

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

We can neither heal nor build if, on the one hand the rich in our society see the poor as hordes of irritants or if on the other hand the poor sit back, expecting charity. All of us must take responsibility for the upliftment of our conditions, prepared to give our best to the benefit of all.

That within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good. When we come to see this, we take a different attitude toward individuals.

Sometimes our best is simply not enough. We have to do what is required.

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

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

You do your worst, and we'll do our best.

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action.

Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

All this shows how much luck there is in human affairs, and how little we should worry about anything except doing our best.