I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTSpeak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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It 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.
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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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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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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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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
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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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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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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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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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