A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTPoliteness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.
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In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
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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 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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Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
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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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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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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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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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