A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTOnly 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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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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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
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Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
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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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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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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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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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Nothing worth having comes easy.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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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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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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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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