The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThere is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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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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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
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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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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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