Always do your best. What you plant now you will harvest later.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

The things I want to know are in books, my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

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

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my own sake.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

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

Read the best books first or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

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

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

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

The best revenge is massive success.

Give the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

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

You did the best that you knew how. Now that you know better, you’ll do better.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods if angels fell, aspiring to be angels men rebel.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

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

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

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

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or in the life of another.

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.

Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five, the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine.

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it.

Giving the best to others is giving the best to ourselves. The value of life is not based on how long we live, but how much we can contribute to others in our society.

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions, this is the best good luck.

The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

Acting is the best medicine in the world - if you're not feeling well it goes away because you are busy thinking about something that isn't yourself. We actors are very fortunate people.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact, to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

At his best man is the noblest of all animals, separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

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

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

Sometimes when you innovate you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.

Honesty is the best policy.

Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

If liberty and equality as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

You live eighty years and at best you get about six minutes of pure magic.

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

It's crazy to take little in between jobs just because they look good on your resume. That's like saving sex for your old age. Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you can.

Men, at most, differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.

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

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

They should rule who are able to rule best.

On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness, for he asked each of them how they did and observed that they both looked very ugly.

The best friend is the man who, in wishing me well, wishes it for my sake.

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving, or the class of people served.

It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.

Do not be disturbed or angered at another's sin or evil, rather spiritually help the one who has sinned as best you can, because those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.

Hunger is the best pickle.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

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

There is having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you it will be the best seasons at all times.

It's best to rise from life like a banquet, neither thirsty or drunken.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

If it's your job to eat a frog it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs it's best to eat the biggest one first.

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

Under any circumstance simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

But men are men, the best sometimes forget.

It is not best that we should all think alike, it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

Education is the best provision for old age.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words, it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

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

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions,

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your close,t you'd best teach it to dance.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don't love to be loved, we love to love.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice he is the worst of all.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education, no man's education is complete.

A healthy body is the best container for a healthy mind. A healthy heart is the temple of God.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

We have the best government that money can buy.

One way or another we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.

We must as second best... take the least of the evils.

All the adversity I've had in my life all my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

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.

On a long journey of human life faith is the best of companions, it is the best refreshment on the journey, and it is the greatest property.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom but forced by the occasion.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

Not to be born is past all prizing best.

You may not realize it when it happens but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best, it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best, but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes married men are the best binders in the hedge of the commonwealth.

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best train them and back them. When errors occur give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere but they're just not comedians. In fact some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.

Honestly I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

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

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts not on marble.

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

We've made some significant strides. I look for us to make more significant strides. We're not in a position where we're playing our best basketball.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Of all the home remedies a good wife is best.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

No matter the nationality no matter the religion no matter the ethnic background America brings out the best in people.

If your voice is not pleasant or sweet keep quiet, that is the best service you can do.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults in a child's eyes is that the child is usually looking upwards and few faces are at their best when seen from below.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

You may call God love you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

Science is simply common sense at its best that is rigidly accurate in observation and merciless to fallacy in logic.

Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.

I didn't see it then but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Ask a counsel of both times-of the ancient time what is best and of the latter time what is fittest

Society in every state is a blessing but government even in its best stage is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one.

Our best thoughts come from others.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

Our inheritance of well founded slowly conceived codes of honor morals and manners the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of freedom and justice are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries can bestow.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue the art of speaking well rather than doing well, but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you whose presence calls forth your best.

As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities our families our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America America. In our best days we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities large and small.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Life doesn't require that we be the best only that we try our best.

Old expressions are the best and short ones even better

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

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

You must be worthy of the best but not more worthy than the rest.

Our delight in any particular study art or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Genius always gives its best at first, prudence at last.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest, but also the best interests of the world.

The human species according to the best theory I can form of it is composed of two distinct races the men who borrow and the men who lend.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue or if there be several human excellences or virtues in conformity with the best and most perfect among them

To look and feel my best I watch my calories and exercise.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

After careful consideration the board decided that a change in management is in the best interest of the company's shareholders.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years scold them. By the time they turn sixteen treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Be true to the game because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game and in some ways that's about life too.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

There's a victory and defeat, the first and best of victories the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another but of himself.

Like anything else that happens on its own the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have but when it comes to the act of creation the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected unplanned by me.

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends his wife his servants and his relations, yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

Cato said the best way to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them with new.

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.

I'm thinking about it ... I'm thinking it's the best way to piss [the French] off.

Best to live lightly unthinkingly.

My "fear" is my substance and probably the best part of me.

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast for gentle ways are best and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Baseball was is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

The best minds are not in government. If any were business would steal them away.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

Amidst all the clutter beyond all the obstacles aside from all the static are the goals set. Put your head down do the best job possible let the flak pass and work towards those goals.

It's definitely the best scoring game I've ever had.

Next to being witty the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Also if you want to reach people theatre is not always the best way to do it.

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.

He who laughs best today will also laughs last.

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right not from policy.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next war.

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

The very best of vineyards is the cellar

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers the best of them in doubt and misery the most in plodding hesitation doing as well as they can what practical work lies at hand.

No one can understand my Mystery. The best you can do is to get immersed in it. It is no use your arguing about pros and cons, dive and know the depth, eat and know the taste.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

A well regulated militia composed of the body of the people trained in arms is the best most natural defense of a free country.

I think this was our best game this season. We played very well at both ends of the court consistently. We did a great job containing our energy and when we went to our bench they came in and maintained our energy. We had guys step up consistently and make big plays. That is what we have to do. If we can keep this rolling we will make a lot of noise.

You teach best what you need to learn.

Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You [Hitler] do your worst and we will do our best.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

Never argue at the dinner table for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw hear what you heard feel what you felt. Relevant detail couched in concrete colorful language is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.

Holidays are the best. I couldn't imagine being from a small family.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us, concentrate our energy.

Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name Charles Manson isn't his real name and now I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth you just pick the lie you like the best.

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it it's usually lousy.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs, he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

Achievement is not always success while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives is in the best sense of the word Grotesque.

The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us but we can do this. Together we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this.

I'm committed to try to make the product the best I possibly can.

I may be as bad as the worst but thank God I am as good as the best.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury

The price of success is hard work dedication to the job at hand and the determination that whether we win or lose we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

I am prepared for the worst but hope for the best.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

What we have found in this country and maybe we're more aware of it now is one problem that we've had even in the best of times and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates the homeless you might say by choice.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

There is only one failure in life possible and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for you best find somethin' to die for.'

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.

In writing and politicking it's best not to think about it just do it.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say "How is the president?"

Have no desires to place before GOD whatever HE does with, you however HE treats you is the gift that HE likes best to give you!

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Clever men are good but they are not the best.

If you believe in what you are doing then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

She walks in beauty like the night, Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright, Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

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

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst but the best of our nature.

I figured out why I'm not getting seriously rich. I write newspaper columns. Nobody ever makes newspaper columns into Major Motion Pictures starring Tom Cruise. The best you can hope for with a newspaper column is that people will like it enough to attach it to their refrigerators with magnets shaped like fruit.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

He said it that knew it best.

Look your best - who said love is blind?

Civilization had too many rules for me so I did my best to rewrite them.

When we have done our best we should wait the result in peace.

Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast, but of the things which thou hast select the best and reflect how eagerly they would have been sought if thou hadst them not

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves.

As you know from school it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared even if you fail you've done your best.

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right between fairly good and the best between mediocrity and superiority.