All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton

Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.
Abraham Tucker

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.
Stephen Ambrose

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.
Robert Dale Owen

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.
Dick Murphy

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai Lama

I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can.
Janet Reno

I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.
Martin Sheen

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
Fidel Castro

I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of Hawaii.
Linda Lingle

I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling.
Mark Millar

Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.
Billy Tauzin

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
Lillian Hellman

It's astonishing what some women will put up with just to have a warm body. Some of the brightest women I know are just obsessed with that search. It's very sad.
Judith Rossner

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
William Shakespeare

The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact.
John Tyndall

The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.
David Lee Roth

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Charles Caleb Colton

To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted.
George Ripley

With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.
Jim Doyle