I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTJustice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
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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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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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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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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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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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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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