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Theodore Roosevelt

  • It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • 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... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life... Theodore Roosevelt {view}
  • 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 {view}