“The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.”
What does it mean to be the best? These quotes tackle excellence, personal bests, peak performance, and the drive to push past good enough. Some are about competition, others about the quieter pursuit of doing your finest work when nobody is watching.
“Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.”
“The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.”
“He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.”
“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.”
“The best proof of love is trust.”
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”
“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”
“The wildest colts make the best horses.”
“I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling!”
“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
“Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
“The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.”
“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.”
“Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.”
“Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of the ages.”