Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
THEODORE ROOSEVELTWe 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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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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When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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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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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.
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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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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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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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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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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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