“I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.”
“I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.”
“...we must be a beacon of hope, because if you tell people there's nothing they can do, they will do worse than nothing.”
“We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.”
“All you can do is hope for a pattern to emerge, and sometimes it never does. Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped for something better than that.”
“Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped for something better than that.”