"The great man is always the man..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
The great man is always the man of mighty effort.
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“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
“After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both.”
“The farmer is a poor creature who skins the land and leaves it worthless to his children. The farmer is a good farmer who, having enabled the land to support himself and to provide for the education of his children, leaves it to them a little better than he found it himself.”
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“The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.”
“No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.”
“You may as well know, also, that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer.”