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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTWhenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.
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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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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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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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