Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest.

- David Brooks

Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.

- David Brooks

Pain now is better than pain deferred.

- David Brooks

Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.

- David Brooks

Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to…

- David Brooks

The people who really have character make deep, unshakable connections to something outside themselves.

- David Brooks

Russia has a very sophisticated, advanced attack on U.S. businesses and U.S. government and U.S. institutions. And it's not like Donald Trump is goin…

- David Brooks

People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic.

- David Brooks

In my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned by being bette…

- David Brooks