Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThere 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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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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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
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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.
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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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Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
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A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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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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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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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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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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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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Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
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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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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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