The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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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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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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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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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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