I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.
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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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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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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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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
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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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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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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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