"There has never yet been a man..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
More by Theodore Roosevelt
“An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.”
“Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.”
“The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth.”
More on Achievement
“High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.”
“I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.”
“Who needs to walk on fire, when you can walk on water with this site.”
More on Effort
“I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.”
“A genius is a talented person who does his homework.”
“Excellence is going the extra mile.”