When the writer has done his best, he then should proceed to do his second best.
Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best.
The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
My friend Heinrich Zimmer of years ago used to say, 'The best things can't be told,' because they transcend thought. 'The second best are misunderstood,' because those are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which can't be thought about, and one gets stuck in the thoughts. 'The third best are what we talk about. '
Hang on to your dreams with everything you got. Because the best life is when your dreams come true. The second-best is when they don't but you never stop chasing them.
By elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
Do everything at 100 percent of its potential and never accept second best.
Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant. . . the second best all time. . . now, I have a new favorite player to play against. . . my former teammate, LeBron James.
I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.
The best of all things is something entirely outside your grasp: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second-best thing for you - is to die soon.
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.
You are the only you. . . You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.
Don't go for second best. Put your love to the test.
I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.
The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do.
We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.
No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.
Women now were told not to settle for second best, told that they deserved better, but at a time, it seemed, when there was so much less to go around.
Second best is not good enough really. Although if someone turned around now and said 'you will be promoted, but you will come in second' then I would take it.
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.