I want it said of me by those who knew me best...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

I never had a policy...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

The best way to destroy...

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Common looking people...

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

The things I want to know are in books...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

The best thing about the future...

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The only real failure in life is...

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Health is the greatest gift...

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.