Clergyman's

“There’s a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.”
– Plato

“Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.”
– Jean Kerr

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
– Benjamin Franklin