A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTDon’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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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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Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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We 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.
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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
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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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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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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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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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