A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTA thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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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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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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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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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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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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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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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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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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The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
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