In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...

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

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

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...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

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...

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to...

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

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...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

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

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

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.