"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation."

Buck, Pearl S. | Youth | 22 bookmarks

"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."

Roosevelt, Theodore | Leaders and Leadership | 3 bookmarks

"It is better to be faithful than famous."

Roosevelt, Theodore | Loyalty | 6 bookmarks

"There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 % Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else."

Roosevelt, Theodore | Multiculturalism | 2 bookmarks

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have."

Roosevelt, Theodore | Patriotism | 3 bookmarks

"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."

Roosevelt, Theodore | Peace | 3 bookmarks

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

Roosevelt, Theodore | Power | 3 bookmarks

"Speak well of your enemies... you made them."

Unknown, Source | Enemies | 4 bookmarks

"The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows."

Socrates | Death and Dying | 5 bookmarks

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."

Roosevelt, Theodore | Immigration | 4 bookmarks