It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing; but as a rule they don’t know anything outside their own business.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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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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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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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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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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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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