I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThe lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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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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The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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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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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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It tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing; but as a rule they don’t know anything outside their own business.
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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