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Self Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the…
- I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to…
- Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the penalty is national…
- I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days.…
- Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude…
- The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes…
- The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only way which every…
- 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…
- With self-discipline most anything is possible.
- The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from…
- Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.
- Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver…
- The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to…
- The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep…
- With self-discipline most anything is possible. --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…
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster