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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTWith self discipline most anything is possible.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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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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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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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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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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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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