One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
You must accept that you might fail then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.
You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.
To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations.
The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.
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.
I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention.
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.
We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.
If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.
I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.
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.
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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.
Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.
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.
Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.