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 ROOSEVELTFor those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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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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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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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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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 conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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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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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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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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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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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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