Best Quotes to Inspire and Motivate (Page 10)

"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist"

Gail Sheehy, Writer

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

Pablo Picasso, Artist

"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell"

Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer

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

Winston Churchill, Statesman

"I am easily satisfied with the very best"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

"The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

"Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

"In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

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

Lord Byron, Poet

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

Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher

"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"

Franklin D. Roosevelt, President

"Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day"

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright

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

Bill Cosby, Comedian

"Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

"That government is best which governs least"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

"It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

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

Henry David Thoreau, Author

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

Carl Jung, Psychologist

"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying"

B. F. Skinner, Psychologist

"The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

"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"

Martin Luther King Jr., Minister

"I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"Clever men are good, but they are not the best"

Thomas Carlyle, Writer

"Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first"

Peter Ustinov, Actor

"The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

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

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies"

Willa Cather, Author

"There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

"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"

Thomas Paine, Writer

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

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

Thomas Paine, Writer

"If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order"

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President

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

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"The best way to hold a man is in your arms"

Mae West, Actress

"Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step"

Samuel Smiles, Author

"Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers"

Samuel Smiles, Author

"Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step"

Samuel Smiles, Author

"I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can"

Linus Torvalds, Businessman

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