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    Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
    “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: inspirational
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: inspirational, politics, presidential
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: decisiveness, inaction, just-do-it, timidity, wisdom
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: inspirational
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: diplomacy, hurt, preparedness, presidential
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: clever, desperation, hope, inspiration, misattributed, tenacity
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: bravery, decisiveness, failure, inaction, success, timidity
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: character, education, morality
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  • #10
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: action, choices, decision, decisiveness, inaction, right-and-wrong
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  • #11
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: personal-responsibility, self-empowerment
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  • #12
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: americanism, duty, nationalism
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “I am a part of everything that I have read.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: reading
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  • #14
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: americanism, equality, freedom, independence, individuality, liberty, patriotic, patriotism, respect, self-respect
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: dissent, freedom-of-speech, truth-telling
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: advice, americanism, english-as-a-second-language, immigration, politics, usa, wisdom
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt, Strenuous Life
    tags: decisiveness, fear, inaction, just-do-it, risk, timidity, wisdom
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  • #18
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: bullying, moral-courage
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: play, work
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: civic-duty, democracy, elections, voters
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: achievement, labor, prize, work
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: government, government-corruption, politics, senate
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: busy-learning, competence, job-doing, productivity
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: empathy, wisdom
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: conservation, environment, morals, nationalism, patriotism, politics, values
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: americanism, immigration, patriotism, xenophobia
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: diplomacy, preparedness, strategy
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: big-business, business-regulation, corruption, education
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  • #28
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: leadership, management
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: diplomacy, intimidation
    252 likes



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