Best quotes

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

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.

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 want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.

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.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

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

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.