The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTComparison is the thief of joy.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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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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Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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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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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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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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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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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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Nothing worth having comes easy.
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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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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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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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