The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
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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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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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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Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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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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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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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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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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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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