It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTI put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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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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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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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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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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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
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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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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.
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With self discipline most anything is possible.
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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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All the resources we need are in the mind.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.
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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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Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
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