Comparison is the thief of joy.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThere can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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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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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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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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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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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
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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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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena: whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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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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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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