Best Quotes

"'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding."

"Like what you do, and then you will do your best."

"Only the mediocre are always at their best."

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."

"The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil."

"If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It's a country based on theater. It's a lunatic state - completely insane."

"The best thing of all is God is with us."

"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble."

"Music is the best way that I can communicate with other people."

"Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine."

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."

"The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there."

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

"Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity."

"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."

"I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices."

"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication."

"I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it."

"The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts."

"Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth."

"It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."

"Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival."

"If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people."

"We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock."

"It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours."

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do."

"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it."

"I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way."

"The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works."

"If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever."

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."

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

"The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil."

"The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success."

"I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy."

"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."

"Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day."

"Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be."

"Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself."

"For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best."

"The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."

"Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion."

"I'm about being the best."

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."

"The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate."

"If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it."

"If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got."

"You'll live. Only the best get killed."