Theodore Roosevelt on goodness
“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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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt 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.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt All the resources we need are in the mind.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt 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.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt
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Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
Kapil DevKapil Dev Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller One of the identities of good people is, that they look at the right things on a person more in comparison to wrong things.
BK ShivaniBK Shivani The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith – which He has given – and then push it open and walk through.
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