Best Quotes

“A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness.”

-- Leland Stanford

“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.”

-- Eric Hoffer

“The best protection any woman can have... is courage.”

-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

-- Aristotle

“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.”

-- Albert Einstein

“Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.”

-- Rick Perry

“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”

-- Willa Cather

“It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.”

-- Aeschylus

“Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.”

-- Doug Coupland

“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.”

-- Plato