The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIt is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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 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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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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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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The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.
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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
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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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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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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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