The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything


Theodore Roosevelt

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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes that he who distrusts them.
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
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A man who does not respect his own mother is absolutely no good.
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A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
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A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
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The one who does not risk anything does not gain nor lose.
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No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.
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There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
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No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
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Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.
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No man fails who does his best.
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It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to ...
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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure.....
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old...
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The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
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Believe you can and you're halfway there.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to ...
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves wh...
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' ...
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The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ...
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I am a part of everything that I have read.
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
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The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...
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The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
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The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest...
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
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Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
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A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...
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We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...
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Believe you can and you're halfway there.
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When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
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A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
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I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
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When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and f...
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Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
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With self-discipline most anything is possible.
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It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
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If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the ...
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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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.
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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.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not ...
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Do what you can with what you have where you are.
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