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"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings."
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
"We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees."
"If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours forever. If it dosen't, then it was never meant to be." - N/A
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left."
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
- The Century: Volume 60 (1900) pg. 215
From a piece titled “Latitude and Longitude among reformers,” Roosevelt continues, “He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none.”
“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
- As quoted in Six sigma (2006) pg. 188
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
- Letter to Henry L. Sprague (26 January 1900)
Roosevelt himself said he was quoting a “West African proverb,” but this is the earliest recorded use of this phrase.