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Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.

The great man is always the man of mighty effort.

A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.

Silent strength is the quality of all good men and most mummies.

Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.

Not trying is the surest way of achieving nothing at all.

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.

Let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.

I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough.

For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

The existence of any method, standard, custom or practice is no reason for its continuance when a better is offered.

Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

McKinley shows all the background of a chocolate eclair.

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

Look Toward the stars but keep your feet firmly on the ground.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

The mass of the American people are most emphatically not in the deplorable condition of which you speak.

I am part of everything that I have read.

Oh, if only I could be President and Congress, too, just for ten minutes.

I can never afford to be in arrears with anything that I have to do; I must always be abreast or ahead of my tasks.

Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed.

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

The hardest lessons to learn are those that are the most obvious.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but NEVER hit softly.

But the joy of life is a very good thing, and while work is the essential in it, play also has its place.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss ... The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.

There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.

If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.

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

The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy.

It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have learned to think nationally.

To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.

It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.

There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.

Most of us tiptoe through life in order to make it safely to death.

It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

In advocating any measure we must consider not only its justice but its practicability.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding

All privileges based on wealth, and all emnity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American.

But we must keep steadily in mind that no people were ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.

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

We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.

If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.

I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.

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

A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.

What I am to be, I am becoming.

As regards the extraordinary prizes, the element of luck is the determining factor.

The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

Only those who live and sleep in the open fully realize the beauty of dawn and moonlight and starlight.

It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.

Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.

I'm as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.

The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man ...

I was not going to earn money, I must even things up by not spending it.

And the combination is rare.

In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law

Where a trust becomes a monopoly the state has an immediate right to interfere.

Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers

It is better for the Government to help a poor man to make a living for his family than to help a rich man make more profit for his company.

In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit.

More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle.

The power of the
journalist is great, but he is entitled neither to respect nor admiration because of
that power unless it is used aright.

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Dreams are a dime a dozen. it's their execution that counts

Just as you believe you may have already halfway there

The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty deeds we make them come true.

My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

I hate a man who skins the land.

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

We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.

Power always brings with it responsibility.

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

Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy.

The citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them in
practical fashion.

Work hard at work worth doing.

The modern naturalist must realize that in some of its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, has also become an art.

Comparison is the thief of joy.