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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTI am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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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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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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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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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Nothing worth having comes easy.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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