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Theodore Roosevelt

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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Words speak to the the mind through the ears and actions speak to the mind through the eye
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are ...
JENNETTE MCCURDY Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA To speak only one language is to do yourself a great injustice.
MICHELLE TEMPLET Theodore Roosevelt said Do what you can, with what you have, right where you are. This is great advi...
BRIAN TRACY We should speak only after our thoughts have been purified and our mind and heart have become pure.
YAJUR VEDA Words are important; actions are vital, but don’t just show your thoughts through your words or ac...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.
HARMON KILLEBREW You do not have a mind belongs to yourself! Your thoughts are the thoughts of your culture! When you...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN TO ALL MANKIND

Speak kind words
to mankind
and the unkind
will attack you....
SUZY KASSEM Great thoughts arises in mind of great thinkers,Great speeches are made by great speakers but Great ...
ROSARYMAN Teddy Roosevelt . . . once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak l...
GERALD R. FORD It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt
THEODORE ROOSEVELT You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but ...
WILLIAM CONGREVE You are a woman:- you must never speak what you think; your-words must contradict your thoughts, but...
WILLIAM CONGREVE The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they k...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to sp...
GERALD R. FORD Teddy Roosevelt had handpicked Taft as his successor, and when Teddy Roosevelt tells you to do somet...
DANIEL O'BRIEN Ridicule is one of the favorite weapons of wickedness, and it is sometimes incomprehensible how good...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Right here let me make as vigorous a plea as I know how in favor of saying nothing that we do not me...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I feel like a Bull Moose. - Theodore Roosevelt,
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MARLO THOMAS An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
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WARD MULLINS It has been noted that actions speak louder than words. Truth is, I have found that during many situ...
STEVE MARABOLI I want to be open to the kids who only speak Spanish, the kids who speak only Spanglish, and the kid...
BECKY G It is a great misfortune to have the wit to speak, but not the sense when to remain silent.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Actions speak louder than words
AMERICAN PROVERB Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that ...
SIMON SINEK A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime ...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Great men must conquer their thoughts in order to become masters of their actions.
OMA MILLIE The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
MARTIN BUBER Don't Expect Others to Read or Hear Your Thoughts; if You Want to be Heard, Speak Up and Speak Out!
JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU The United States has a long tradition of preserving the all-American outdoor experience, dating bac...
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS We're determined to speak out against it and to take all appropriate actions to help combat this new...
BILL LOCKYER Nurture your mind with great thoughts.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one...
ROGER ZELAZNY Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Listen carefully when you speak quietly in your own mind. Notice the power of your thoughts to cause...
TERENCE T. GORSKI Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your spe...
THOMAS CARLYLE 'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide.
JON CORZINE Books are the ammunition of life.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the p...
EDMUND MORRIS Animals speak but only to those who listen!
SUPERNA BATHEJA don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.
NIKKI GIOVANNI I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.'...
CUBA GOODING, JR. How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her ...
SHANNON HALE Great writers speak with their works not with their mouths!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and ...
CHARLES READE Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and ...
CHARLES READE He was very impressed with Theodore Roosevelt, and Teddy Roosevelt used to say 'you have to get into...
EVELYN FOX Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, 'N...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI The words aren't enough every time. Actions speak much more.
DEYTH BANGER In the journal of life, you can only read and understand your past and live in the present. But your...
RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is.
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I...
JOHN G. DIEFENBAKER Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we th...
LEO TOLSTOY How can a heart suffer your deepest thoughts and yet only speak the unmoving, inconsequential uttera...
ANNE AUSTIN 'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against ge...
JON CORZINE Actions speak in volume while words are but a mere whisper in a violent wind
TAURUS MORGAN Teddy Roosevelt of course was a great outdoorsman all his life.
GAYLORD NELSON Just because he is Stu Jackson and all that, maybe I am supposed to be scared and not speak my mind....
DANNY FORTSON Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We should only endeavor to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over...
JEAN DE LA BRUYèRE I will continue to lead by example. Actions, of course, speak louder than words.
GERARD ARPEY Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare
the truth thou hast, that all may share;
Be bo...
LEWIS MORRIS Let your actions speak LOVE. No matter what it is.
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD They didn't speak a lot of English, but you always could say hello. They're your typical great neigh...
JEFF SOUTHARD Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.
BRAD PITT I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm goin...
JESSE VENTURA If this country is really to go forward along the path of social and economic justice, there must be...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead,...
A. N. WILSON The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life int...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO To create mass discord, make the people believe there is great prestige for being the first to speak...
TOM ALTHOUSE Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
ORHAN PAMUK I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
WALE I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.
DANIEL A. D'ANIELLO Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.
EVANGEL Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest.
JAVAN The sisters and the people who work here do not speak through their Christianity or their religion. ...
JANA BENNETT Man was given a tongue with which to speak and words to hide his thoughts. 
HUNGARIAN PROVERB He knows talk is cheap and actions speak louder than words.
CHRIS COX Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of downright bashfulness, that by a strange ...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dak...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live.
DAVID MCCULLOUGH Manners in human actions, train thoughts of the human mind.
TROY J. GAINEY All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
ALBERT CAMUS Use all this life to make yourself a great writer, thoughtful and kind, slowly, surely over the year...
T.K. NALIAKA And you spend your evening in your color. The idea is to take things which open (your) mind, that sp...
PHILIPPE STARCK Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thi...
HORATIUS BONAR, D.D. so who's more adult- somebody who works like mad to avoid a problem or somebody who works like mad t...
JANET KAGAN Man was given a tongue with which to
speak and words to hide his thoughts. 
HUNGARIAN PROVERB

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves wh...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am a part of everything that I have read.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and f...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT With self-discipline most anything is possible.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies o...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don'...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Put out the light.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Do what you can with what you have where you are.
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