It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTEach one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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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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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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The 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.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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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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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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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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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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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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