A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTKnowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
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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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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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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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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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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
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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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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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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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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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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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