His Best Quotes

247 quotes by 214 authors

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression. — Rowan Atkinson
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at… — Jim Bishop
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,… — Willa Cather
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. — Miguel de Cervantes
The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when she resolutely holds him to… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
Men trifle with their business and their politics but never trifle with their games. It brings truth home to them. They cannot pretend they have… — George Bernard Shaw
When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many… — Joseph Addison
The proof of a man is the danger test, It shows him up at his worst, or his best. — Edgar Guest
Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ. The soul, in time of… — Richard Sibbes
Mr. Russell is a great believer in versatility in all creative work. In any physical work he believes one can work many hours at a… — Walter Russell
The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into which he was born or which he enters by marriage, but increasingly… — C. Wright Mills
The richest man in the world is not the one who still has the first dollar he ever earned. It's the man who still has… — Martha Mason
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts. — Ellen G. White
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. — Friedrich Schiller
If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner... A winner is somebody who gave his best effort, who… — Walter Payton
The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried. — Bud Wilkinson
His best-known piece is probably his "Canon in D." He also has 'Hexachordium Apollonis', which is also quite famous. — Johann Pachelbel
The idea of full dress for preparation for a battle comes not from a belief that it will add to the fighting ability. The preparation… — Wooden Leg
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. — Oliver Goldsmith

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