THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready."

"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness."

"No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened."

"Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions."

"A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

"If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

"Nothing worth having comes easy."

"I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"All the resources we need are in the mind."

"I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds."

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

"It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself."

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."

"I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"With self discipline most anything is possible."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it."

"No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us."