When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

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...

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...

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

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...

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

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

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...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate...

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

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...

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 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...

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual...

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual...

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...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is...

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and...

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and...