“You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.”
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 who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.”
“You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.”
“Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.”
“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.”
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
“That government is best which governs least.”
“Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family.”
“The best director is the one you don't see.”
“Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.”
“Example is the best precept.”
“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”
“Honesty is the best policy.”
“I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.”
“Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.”
“The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.”