Theodore Roosevelt Quotes — Page 29

Theodore Roosevelt

Politician, Author

Angry

“There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.”

Given Praise Scoundrels

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Theodore Roosevelt

Politician, Author

Determined

“The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.”

Winning Wisdom Failure

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Motivated

“Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.”

Life Quality Power

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Courageous

“The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible and inhuman. The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all civilized mankind under a debt to him. ...[I]t is of incalculable importance that America, Australia, and Siberia should pass out of the hands of their red, black, and yellow aboriginal owners, and become the heritage of the dominant world races.”

War Land Yellow

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Angry

“The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.”

People Two Creativity

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Hopeful

“A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.”

Children Country Future

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Spiritual

“I always keep my weather eye on the opposition of my seventh house Moon to my first house Mars.”

Eye Moon Weather

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Grateful

“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 by comparison.”

Children Form Achievement

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Melancholic

“After nightfall the face of the country seems to alter marvelously, and the clear moonlight only intensifies the change. The river gleams like running quicksilver, and the moonbeams play over the grassy stretches of the plateaus...The Bad Lands seem to be stranger and wilder than ever, the silvery rays turning the country into a kind of grim fairyland.”

Country Running Land

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Wise

“The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.”

Levels History Wickedness

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Courageous

“To discriminate against a thoroughly upright citizen because he belongs to some particular church, or because, like Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his allegiance to any church, is an outrage against the liberty of conscience, which is one of the foundations of American life.”

Church Liberty Presidential

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Determined

“In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.”

Life Football Principles

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