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Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being either from a bitter alkaline pool, or from a hole in a creek, so muddy that it can only be called

Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being either from a bitter alkaline pool, or from a hole in a creek, so muddy that it can only be called liquid by courtesy.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mean, Water, Liquid

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.

Theodore Roosevelt
Real, Suffering, Sorrow
Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Bishop (2010). “Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children”, p.146, Applewood Books

To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.

Theodore Roosevelt
Real, Men, Desire

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Wisdom, Self
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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.

Theodore Roosevelt
Creativity, Two, People

I believe that this Republic will endure for many centuries. If so there will doubtless be among its Presidents Protestants and Catholics, and very probably at some time, Jews. I have consistently tried while President to act in relation to my fellow Americans of Catholic faith as I hope that any future President who happens to be Catholic will act towards his fellow Americans of Protestant faith. Had I followed any other course I should have felt that I was unfit to represent the American people.

Theodore Roosevelt
Believe, Should Have, People
Theodore Roosevelt (1952). “Letters of Theodore Roosevelt: The big stick, 1905-1909”

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

Theodore Roosevelt
Common, Efficiency, Combination
Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Bully!”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

I stand for the square deal. I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mean, Opportunity, Squares
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.177, Cornell University Press

I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision...I enjoyed the life to the full.

Theodore Roosevelt
Believe, Men, Self
Theodore Roosevelt (1899). “The Rough Riders: An Autobiography”, p.350, Library of America

And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they hover in a shifting maze above the beach -- why, the loss is like the loss of a gallery of the masterpieces of the artists of old time.

Theodore Roosevelt
Beach, Sunset, Loss
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

A churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid downgrade.

Theodore Roosevelt
Christian, Religious, Men

While the nation that has dared to be great, that has had the will and the power to change the destiny of the ages, in the end must die, yet no less surely the nation that has played the part of the weakling must also die; and whereas the nation that has done nothing leaves nothing behind it, the nation that has done a great work really continues, though in changed form, to live forevermore.

Theodore Roosevelt
Destiny, Age, Done
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.81, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm.

Theodore Roosevelt
Believe, Attractive, Cattle

Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt and solemn thanks to the Giver of Good; and we seek to praise Him -not by words only -but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow men.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, People, Heartfelt

The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If we of this generation destroy the resources from which our children would otherwise derive their livelihood, we reduce the capacity of our land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their fight to life on this continent.

Theodore Roosevelt
Children, Fighting, Pursuit Of Happiness

It is not the critic who counts

Theodore Roosevelt
Courage, Military, Failure
Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

Theodore Roosevelt
Running, Strong, Ocean
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.10, Taylor Trade Publications

Our country, we have faith to believe, is only at the beginning of its growth. Unless the forests of the United States can be made ready to meet the vast demands which this growth will inevitably bring, commercial disaster, that means disaster to the whole country, is inevitable.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Believe, Mean
Theodore Roosevelt (1970). “Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece”

No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism, to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.

Theodore Roosevelt
Loss, Luxury, Heartless
Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

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

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Children, Future

We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt
Lines, Wealth, Draws
Theodore Roosevelt (1908). “The Roosevelt Policy: Speeches, Letters and State Papers, Relating to Corporate Wealth and Closely Allied Topics, of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States”

In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive to make their dreams come true; who can kindle the people with the fire from their own burning souls. The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won.

Theodore Roosevelt
Dream, Order, Fire
Theodore Roosevelt (1913). “Progressive Principles: Selections from Addresses Made During the Presidential Campaign of 1912”

The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

Theodore Roosevelt
Government, Administration, Legislation
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.90, Cornell University Press

Power always brings with it responsibility.

Theodore Roosevelt
Responsibility, Evil, Good And Evil
Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “The New Nationalism”, Best Books on

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mean, Rights, Supremacy
State of the Union Address - The Four Freedoms Speech, January 6, 1941.