The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing,...

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing,...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we...

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 first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

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...

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...

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...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

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.

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...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is...

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished...

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

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...

Yeah, I catch an attitude sometimes, get over it.

Yeah, I catch an attitude sometimes, get over it.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...