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Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

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Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Quotes

“The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.”

“If we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at the hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world.”

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.”

“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.”