No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTFar and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.
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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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