The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena: whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTI have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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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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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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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 the resources we need are in the mind.
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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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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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