There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand ' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.

Remember you will not always win. Some days the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is in this case always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

After all the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself as to see all the other fellows busy working.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed we're getting back to basics and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.