Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.

Now what should happen when you make a mistake is this: You take your knocks, you learn your lessons and then you move on. That’s the healthiest way to deal with a problem.

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.

I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Since men are neither omniscient nor infallible, they must be free to agree or disagree, to cooperate or to pursue their own independent course, each according to his own rational judgment. Freedom is the fundamental requirement of man's mind.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: "This is my country."

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.

You cannot possibly have a broader basis for any government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.