I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTPeople don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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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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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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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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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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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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