Theodore Roosevelt Quotes, Rights Quotes, Self Quotes

The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

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I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.

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Courage is not having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength. Industry and determination can do anything that genius and advantage can do and many things that they cannot.

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There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

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I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

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We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.

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I believe that there should be a very much heavier progressive tax on very large incomes, a tax which should increase in a very marked fashion for the gigantic incomes.

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If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

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Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.

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The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.

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Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

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The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not begun soon enough.

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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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Life is as if you were traveling a ridge crest. You have the gulf of inefficiency on one side and the gulf of wickedness on the other, and it helps not to have avoided one gulf if you fall into the other.

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The worst thing I can do is nothing.

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We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.

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A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but also stronger and abler.

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Nowadays the field naturalist-who is usually at all points superior to the mere closet naturalist-follows a profession as full of hazard and interest as that of the explorer or of the big-game hunter in the remote wilderness.

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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

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