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Work Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to…
- Nothing worth having comes easy.
- 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…
- No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a…
- In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don't…
- In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. I want to ask…
- Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent…
- There are two things that I want you to make up your minds to: first, that you are going to have a good time as…
- 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…
- A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building the Panama Canal;…
- No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of…
- The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes…
- 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…
- There never has been devised, and there never will be devised, any law which will enable a man to succeed save by the exercise of…
- I regard the Masonic institution as one of the means ordained by the Supreme Architect to enable mankind to work out the problem of destiny;…
- Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. You can only mar it. The ages have been at work on it and…
- I do not care a rap as to who gets credit for the work, provided the work is done.
- The weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community. In a republic like ours the governing class is composed…
- Work hard at work worth doing.
- Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle