The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTIf 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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It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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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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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
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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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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
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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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I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
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90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.
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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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