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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThe best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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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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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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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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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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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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