Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Clear, unscalable, aheadRise the Mountains of Instead, From whose cold, cascading streamsNone may drink except in dreams.

There is but one good throw upon the dice which is to throw them away.

It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious.

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing.

I can see why you like it here, there's a thin layer of nerd all over everything.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.

Undoubtedly ... there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. What bears affinity to cunning is despicable.

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.