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Hands Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth…
- 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…
- Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone…
- Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus, the measure of our civilization will not be that we have done much, but…
- 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…
- Love of peace is common among weak, short-sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many men of evil…
- My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily…
- The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible and inhuman. The…
- To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result…
- There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame…
- The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do…
More Hands Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization… — Julian Assange
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree;… — Jane Austen
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf