Theodore Roosevelt ( 10 of 56 )
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be read more
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they know when read more
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking
the muck.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he should be able and willing read more
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he should be able and willing to pull his weight.
The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.
The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
