As cited in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007), Ed. Goodwin, Black Dog Publishing, p. 168, ISBN 1579127215
Post-war years (1945–1955)
“Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.”
“It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
“Instead of doing the best thing, we sometimes have to settle for the rightest thing.”
Source: Nineteen Minutes
Page 68.
The Road to Mecca (1954)
“We are never required to be the best, only that we try our best.”
Speech at BEST Podgorica's forum for Entrepreneurs, 7 July 2017.
As quoted in "Why Now Is a Divine Time for Alicia Witt", by Sarah Beauchamp at Huffington Post (30 May 2014)
As quoted in The Subconscious Diet : It's Not What You Put in Your Mouth; It Is What You Put in Your Mind (2005) by Hugh B. Sanders, p. 104 <!-- also quoted in The First Step : A Peek at the Real World (2006) by Gudmundur O. Sigurdarson, p. 41 -->
Context: Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting — in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard — reaching for the highest that is in us — becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
24 June 2022 "Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says overturning Roe v. Wade will 'ruin lives'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrmQGDRoWCY
“Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.”
