All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTCourtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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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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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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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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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 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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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do 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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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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