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His Own Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- There must be no division by class hatred, whether this hatred be that of creed against creed, nationality against nationality, section against section, or men…
- But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with…
- If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own…
- It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him,…
- The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character.
- The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.
- A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares…
- Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not only…
- Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and obsolete virtue; but…
- The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
- The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as…
- 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…
More His Own Quotes
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as… — Teresa of Avila
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right… — Michele Bachmann
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
- An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he… — Walter Bagehot
- He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr