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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTWhen you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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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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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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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.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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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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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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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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