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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTNo 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.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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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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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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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.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
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Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
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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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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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