Once in Persia reigned a king
Who upon his signet ring
Graved a maxim true and wise,
Which he held before the eyes
Gave him counsel at a glance
Fit for every change and chance.
Solemn words, and these are they:
Even this shall pass away.


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The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
THEODORE LEAVITT
We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
And now, first and foremost, you can never afford to forget for a moment what is the object of our f...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chanc...
THEODORE RUBIN
Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejo...
THEODORE PARKER
Let us do our duty, in our shop in our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, t...
THEODORE PARKER
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the w...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and t...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
THEODORE PARKER
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty ...
THEODORE ZELDIN
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
THEODORE RUBIN
I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters get...
THEODORE WHITE
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where th...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him...
THEODORE PARKER
A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone w...
THEODORE WHITE
It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is better to be faithful than famous.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
THEODORE HESBURGH
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the co...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an Am...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I am among those Americans whose ancestors include men and women from many different European countr...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 % Americani...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.
THEODORE ROETHKE
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stoc...
THEODORE PARKER
The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all priz...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born...
THEODORE PARKER
Ninety percent of everything is crap.
THEODORE STURGEON
Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and merc...
THEODORE WHITE
Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an A...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where th...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Clown and guru are a single identity: the satiric and sublime side of the same higher vision of lif...
THEODORE ROZAK
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Remorse is the pain of sin.
THEODORE PARKER
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
THEODORE PARKER
The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of he...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we wer...
THEODORE PARKER
My hat is in the ring.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he should be able and willing...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they k...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virt...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square dea...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure,...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Every man owes a part of his time and money to the business or industry in which he is engaged. No ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure t...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT