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Second Best Quotes

Doris Lessing quote: "There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself..."
There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. Doris Lessing
First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love. Maya Angelou
Wretched, ephemeral race, children of chance and tribulation, why do you force me to tell you the very thing which it would be most profitable for you not to hear? The very best thing is utterly beyond your reach: not to have been born, not to be, to be nothing. However, the second best thing for you is: to die soon Aristotle
The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews. Not to be born is the best for man. The second best is a formal order. The dance's pattern, dance while you can. Dance, dance, for the figure is easy. The tune is catching and will not stop. Dance till the stars come down from the rafters. Dance, dance, dance till you drop. W. H. Auden
Leo Buscaglia quote: "You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will..."
You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else. Leo Buscaglia
In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable. In our scriptures (Samyuktagama Sutra, volume 33), it is said that there are four kinds of horses: excellent ones, good ones, poor ones, and bad ones. The best horse will run slow and fast, right and left, at the driver's will, before it sees the shadow of the whip; the second best will run as well as the first one does, just before the whip reaches its skin; the third... Shunryu Suzuki
David Brin quote: "The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best..."
The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now. David Brin
Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say; Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of day; The second best’s a gay good night and quickly turn away. William Butler Yeats
For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal - the wallet on eBay. Meg Whitman
Hilaire Belloc quote: "It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second..."
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. Hilaire Belloc
Mikhail Baryshnikov quote: "I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is..."
I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing. Mikhail Baryshnikov
.. As far as they're conserned, I've been kind of a poor second best all my life, or I don't qualify at all compared to my brother. It's rough being around them and feeling like you never measure up." Collin Danielle Steel
Then, what's the matter?' I wonder, in fact, how many times I have said that or something equal to it to a woman passing palely through my life. What're you thinking? What's made you so quiet? You seem suddenly different. What's the matter? Love me is what this means, of course. Or at least, second best: surrender. Or at the very least, take some time regaling me with why you won't, and maybe by the end you will. Richard Ford
Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came Sophocles
They make you settle for second best."That's what I like about the movies. There's always some minor character standing round to tell you the moral, just in case you're too dumb to figure it out for yourself."You never get what you want. Connie Willis

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