It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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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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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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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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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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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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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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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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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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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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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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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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