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Them Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources…
- The farmer is a poor creature who skins the land and leaves it worthless to his children. The farmer is a good farmer who, having…
- I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into…
- We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we…
- It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs to…
- If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid…
- 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…
- There is a point, of course, where a man must take the isolated peak and break with all his associates for clear principle; but until…
- Fertile plains, every foot of them tilled, are of the first necessity; but great natural playgrounds of mountain, forest, cliff-walled lake, and brawling brook are…
- We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively.…
- Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the…
- 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 one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American
- If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my…
- A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless; forests which are so used that they cannot…
- 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…
- 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…
- The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not only…
- Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human…
- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could…
- It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could…
- I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult…
- 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…
- 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 Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster