Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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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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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
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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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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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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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No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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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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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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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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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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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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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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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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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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