Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

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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Himself Man Opportunity Shape Struggle Suffering
Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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Beautiful Country Greedy Rich Romance Selfish
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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Believe Healing Inspirational Patience Trust
Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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Courtesy Dignity Manner One Liner Polite Respect
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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Achievement Confidence Inspirational Man Struggle Success
Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.
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Care Feminism Labor Man Value Women
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.
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Boss Entrepreneur Leadership People
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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Destructive Equality Liberty One Liner Order
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.
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Destroy Duty Love Patriotism Peace Safety
Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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Afford Aggressive Fight Noble Sport World
Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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Complain Human Nature Problem Solution
All the resources we need are in the mind.
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Confidence Inspirational Mind Need Resouces Trust
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.
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Bully Coward Insult Man Suffering
When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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Clever Ending Inspirational Life Rope Strategy
In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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Country Equality Humour Inspirational Place Politics
It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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Alone Dreamss Goals Travel True Worth
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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Healing Inspirational Man Mistake Wisdom Work Hard
It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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Doer Dreamser Greatness Individual Nation True
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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Attention Book Need Neighbors Reading
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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Action Greatness Man Mind Speak
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.
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Business Deal Demand Endeavors Honesty People
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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Business Confidence Hustle Inspirational One Liner Positive
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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Formula Ingredient People Success Togetherness Victory
There 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.
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Brother Charity Courtesy Man Time
Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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Business Dedication Possible Strategy Success War
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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Business Busy Hustle Inspirational Learning Success
With self discipline most anything is possible.
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Discipline Inspirational Life One Liner Possible

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