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Doing one's best3 quotes
Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808You have to do the best with what God gave you. — Mrs. Gump · 1994I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done. — Fred Rogers · 2003Going for it1 quote
Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Second place1 quote
I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done. — Fred Rogers · 2003Self-improvement1 quote
I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done. — Fred Rogers · 2003