Be Your Best Quotes - Page 2

• Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Smile, Graduation

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• Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.

  Dale Carnegie

  Perseverance, Determination, Jobs

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• We must become the change we want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Change, Peace

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• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

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• Some friends leave footprints in your heart

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Heart, Two Friends, Friends Come And Go

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  Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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• I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Niece, Mean

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.44, Courier Corporation

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• My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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• Be a companion with Christ, and he will draw near unto you and be your best friend. There is no better friend than Christ.

  William R. Bradford

  Your Best Friend, Christ, Companion

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• I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

  Padma Lakshmi

  Friendship, Thinking, Secret

  "What Padma Lakshmi's Learned: Women Issue Preview" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 27, 2010.

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• To be your best today, your only goal is to outperform the guy you were yesterday.

  Martyn Rooney

  Art, Yesterday, Goal

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• I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Believe, Nfl

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• I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. You seem to prefer the latter.

  Jim Carrey

  Funny, Witty, Worst Enemy

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• I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.

  Seth Godin

  Thinking, Self, Things To Do

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• Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don't know about, and if only we had a camera on us at all times, we could go and watch each other's tapes and find out what each of us was really like.

  James Franco

  Cameras, Watches, Tape

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• Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hands, Storm, Defence

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.733, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• After you're dead and buried and floating around whatever place we go to, what's going to be your best memory of Earth? What one moment for you defines what it's like to be alive on this planet? What's your takeaway? Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don't count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you're really alive.

  Douglas Coupland

  Memories, Elephants, White

  "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture". Book by Douglas Coupland, March 15, 1991.

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• Dear Alec, As your best friend and parabatai, I am offended not to have been asked to be your best man at the wedding. Et tu, Brutus. -Jace Alec , he really is upset. He hasn't washed his hair in three days. -Clary

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Hair, Upset

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• Seek that your last days may be your best days, and so you may die in a good old age, which may be best done when you die good in old age, and are such as St. Paul the aged who had finished his course.

  Ralph Venning

  Inspirational Life, Lasts, Last Day

  "The Sinfulness of Sin".

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• Look whether it be indifferently, as well for sins secret as open, what you find to be your best cordials to comfort you, whether God's Word, or natural means.

  Thomas Hooker

  Mean, Secret, Comfort

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• Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy

  Bob Marley

  Worst Enemy, Your Best Friend, Reggae

  Bob Marley (1982*). “Bob Marley & Other Sounds' Lyrics”

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• You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.

  Trenton Lee Stewart

  Best Friend, Family, Good Friend

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• Let go of the old, take hold of the new and believe that 2013 will be your best year yet!

  Joel Osteen

  Life, Letting Go, Believe

  Twitter post from Dec 31, 2012

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