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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIn any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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 conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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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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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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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.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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