Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 October 1858
CountryUnited States of America
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.
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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 well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.
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I do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm.
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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
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Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.
real independent community
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, for real estate is the basis of wealth.
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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 do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.
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And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they hover in a shifting maze above the beach -- why, the loss is like the loss of a gallery of the masterpieces of the artists of old time.
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There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.