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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTJustice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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 only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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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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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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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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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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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 life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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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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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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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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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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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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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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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.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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