Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Tags: Character development, Personal values, National identity, Leadership qualities, Cultural impact
"Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.""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.""We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.""The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.""In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: hit the line hard.""Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.""All the resources we need are in the mind."
