957 private quotes tagged best

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” — John Locke

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“Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.” — Danica Patrick

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“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.” — John Steinbeck

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“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.” — Colin Powell

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“It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.” — George MacDonald

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“The best things in life are silly.” — Scott Adams

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“There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“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.” — Denis Waitley

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“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.” — Margaret Mitchell

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“No man fails who does his best.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.” — Noam Chomsky

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“Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.” — Harold W. Dodds

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“The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.” — Wilson Mizner

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“Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.” — Alfred Hitchcock

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“Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.” — Thomas Sowell

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“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” — Bette Davis

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“The best work is not what is most difficult for you it is what you do best.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

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“Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.” — Bernard Meltzer

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“The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.” — Michelle Obama

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“The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.” — John Ruskin

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“If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.” — Kristin Scott Thomas

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“Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.” — Ben Harper

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“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” — Charles Dickens

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“The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.” — Annie Lennox

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