Theodore Roosevelt
American statesman
Lived from: 1858 - 1919
Category: Politics Country: United States
Born: 27 october 1858 Died: 6 january 1919
Quotes 21 till 40 of 73.
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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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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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I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
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I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
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I want to see you shoot the way you shout.
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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
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In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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It is better to be faithful than famous.
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It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
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It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.
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It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.
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It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
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