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Wells Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- 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…
- Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as…
- Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.
- The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as the man who…
- 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,…
- 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 lives of truest heroism are those in which there are no great deeds to look back upon. It is the little things well done…
- Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent,…
- Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals to purchase a…
- 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…
- 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.…
- It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he shall go with…
- The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task…
- Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in which he efficiently…
- Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us nothing…
- It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have learned to think nationally.
- No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life,…
- For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance…
- The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as…
- There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that…
- In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that, whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a…
- Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
- 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…
- The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired…
More Wells Quotes
- Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and… — Neil Armstrong