I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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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.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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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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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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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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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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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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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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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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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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