"The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world." ― George Eliot Topic(s): Best Tags: augury More From George Eliot "And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment." "I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best." "More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us." More In Best "The intention to live as long as possible isn’t one of the mind’s best intentions, because quantity isn’t the same as quality."― Deepak Chopra "Well, we have to provide the world’s best schools. We certainly don’t have them, but that’s our objective."― Michael Bloomberg "The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with."― Bruce Springsteen