History books are crammed with famous Optimal Thinkers from every walk of life. Optimal Thinking, the language of our best self, empowers us to be our best. This peak form of thinking enables us to pursue the best ends by the best means, and gives us the best chance of achieving everything we want.
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Albert Einstein encouraged us to live according to an Optimal standard. He said: “We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.” Benjamin Franklin put Optimal Thinking to work when he said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Below is a selection of Optimal Thinking quotes from well-known people and businesses.
"We simply wanted to do the best we could for a movie.... All we could do is show our best hand and wait for the results."
Jamie Foxx
"Our values are the best hope for the future of our world."
Tony Blair (Great Britain)
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."
Theodore Roosevelt
"I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can you can't do any better."
Harry S. Truman
"I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help-and God's."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'"
Gerald Ford
"There is no passion to be found in playing small - in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living."
Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
"Above all, I believe in God. I believe also, that I must live with myself. I must be able to face myself each morning and say: 'I did my best yesterday. I will do my best again today.'"
King Hussein I (Jordan)
"My charge as prime minister is to take any decision that is in the best interest of the country."
John Howard (Australia)
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Life has taught me to just be the best I can be."
Denzel Washington
"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."
Oprah Winfrey
"Living your best life is your most important journey in life."
Oprah Winfrey
"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
Duke Ellington
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out."
Art Linkletter
"When she (my mother) passed away, I kind of understood the commitment that she made to make sure that I could stay in skating. And I wanted to live up to whatever I could. Not so much win everything, but just to be the best that I could possibly be, to honor her memory and everything she went through to make sure that I was given the opportunities to be the best that I can be. Not to be a world champion or an Olympic gold medalist, but to be the best that I could be. And that was the most important thing that ever happened in my career."
Scott Hamilton
"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."
Harvey Samuel Firestone
"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
Henry Ford
"Our main objective is to achieve maximum sustainable economic growth."
Alan Greenspan
"We're always with you."
AAA
"The world's warmest welcome."
Air New Zealand
"Earth's biggest selection."
Amazon.com
"The ultimate driving machine."
BMW
"There are no limits on fun."
Callaway Golf
"The world leader in business news."
CNBC
"The simple things in life are often the best."
Kelloggs
"Simply the best."
Sharp
“My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.”
Bjorn Borg
"We simply wanted to do the best we could for a movie.... All we could do is show our best hand and wait for the results."
Jamie Foxx
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
Oscar Wilde
"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."
Bill Gates
Founder, Microsoft
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
George Halas
"Let us not seek the Republic answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer."
John F. Kennedy
"The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency."
