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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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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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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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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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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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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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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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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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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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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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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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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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