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

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble,...

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of...

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

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

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

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of...

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are...

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are...

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly...

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly...

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

In each family a story is playing itself out, and each family's story embodies its...

In each family a story is playing itself out, and each family's story embodies its...

My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one.

My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one.