Quotes with second-best

Quotes 441 till 460 of 1600.

  • John Locke I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Abu Bakr I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
    Abu Bakr
    Companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (573 - 634)
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  • William Butler Yeats I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Calvin Coolidge I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Frank Moore Colby I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Lee Iacocca I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Josh Billings I have lived in the world just long enough to look carefully the second time into those things that I am most certain of the first time.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Josh Billings I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Oscar Wilde I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ernest Hemingway I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Anthony Trollope I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Arthur Godfrey I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Euripides I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Col. Harland Sanders I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
    Col. Harland Sanders
    American businessman, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) (1890 - 1980)
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  • Adolf Galland I made a written report which is still today in existence. I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type. This was my impression.
    Adolf Galland
    German Luftwaffe general (1912 - 1996)
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  • Elie Wiesel I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
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    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Adam Jones I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
    Adam Jones
    American musician (1965 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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