Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Cato Maior de Senectute, 2.9.27
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do with all his might. [Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro viribus.] Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator,...
View ArticleDiMaggio, Joe -- The Sporting News (4 Apr 1951)
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time. I owe him my best. Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) American baseball player [b. Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and...
View ArticleFeather, William -- (Attributed)
Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got. William Feather (1889-1981) American publisher, author(Attributed)
View ArticleCorneille, Pierre -- Horace, Act 2, sc. 8 (1640)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.
View ArticleDisney, Walt -- In “The Amazing Secret of Walt Disney,” Interview by Don...
Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better. Walt Disney (1901-1966) American entrepreneur, animator, film producer, showman In “The Amazing Secret of Walt...
View ArticleLaBelle, Patti -- (Attributed)
“Sing loud!” my father always told me, “just in case someone is listening.” Patti LaBelle (b. 1944) American singer, author, actress [stage name for Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards](Attributed)
View ArticleEinstein, Albert -- Interview with Algernon Black (Fall 1940) [Einstein...
We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicistInterview with Algernon Black (Fall 1940) [Einstein Archives...
View ArticleForbes, Bertie Charles -- Forbes Epigrams (1922)
The man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success. Bertie Charles (B. C.) Forbes (1880-1954) American publisherForbes Epigrams (1922)
View ArticleTolkien, J.R.R. -- The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 3: The Return of the King,...
Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary. Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years...
View ArticleYoung, Edward -- The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts, Vol. 1, No. 2 “Night the...
Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more. Edward Young (1683-1765) English poetThe Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts, Vol. 1, No. 2 “Night the Second: On Time,...
View ArticleMcCarthy, Cormac -- No Country for Old Men (2007)
My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man’s mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were....
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