“Choose what's best.—Best is what benefits me.”

“The methodology for what I was going to do: ask some questions, get some replies, organize result, choose the best things to do.”

Joe Armstrong (1950–2019) British computer scientist

“Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.”

Judy Blume (1938) American children's writer

“War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.”

Smedley D. Butler (1881–1940) United States Marine Corps General, 2 time Medal of Honor recipient and activist

“This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to -- I don't give them any benefit of the doubt. And being best friends is always about the benefit of the doubt.”

David Levithan book Every Day

“If you have a passion, follow it. It's the best barometer of what you will be good at. And choose a career that you enjoy – the extra money of a job you detest isn’t worth it.”

Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer

“I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best.”

Michael J. Fox (1961) Canadian-American actor

“… it is presumptuous in me to wish to choose my path, because I cannot tell which path is best for me. I must leave it to the Lord, Who knows me, to lead me by the path which is best for me, so that in all things His will may be done.”

Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) Roman Catholic saint

“Can the people choose its elite? Why then do soldiers not choose the best general? In order to choose, this collective jury would have to know very well: a) The laws of strategy, tactics, organization, etc. and b) To what extent the individual in question conforms through aptitudes and knowledge to these laws. No one can choose wisely without this knowledge.”

Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899–1938) Romanian politician

“You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.”

Juliet Marillier book Daughter of the Forest