Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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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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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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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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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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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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena: whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
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There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
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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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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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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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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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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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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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Patriotism means to stand by the country.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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