No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNever throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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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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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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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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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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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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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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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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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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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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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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