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Mere Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.
- Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and…
- Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for…
- There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.
- If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere…
- Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth.
- The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if…
- 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…
- Nowadays the field naturalist-who is usually at all points superior to the mere closet naturalist-follows a profession as full of hazard and interest as that…
- If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness,"…
- I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State,…
More Mere Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a… — Honore de Balzac
- The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. — Douglas Adams
- Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that… — Tyra Banks
- Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere… — Mario Batali
- Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere… — Evan Bayh
- Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. — Joseph Addison
- Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the… — Annie Besant
- No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel
- The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. — William J. H. Boetcker