It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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