Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor...Quote by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. about defeat, suffering, victory, failure, things
This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it.Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, chance
Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.Quote by Theodore Parker about civilization, dark, light
It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing, his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.Quote by Theodore Parker about man, affair, things
Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.Quote by Theodore Parker about sacrifice, eternity, duty, time
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respectQuote by Theodore Parker about respect, self-control
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.Quote by Theodore Parker about self-control, character
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.Quote by Theodore Parker about books, help
The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable.Quote by Theodore Parker about mistery, real estate, injustice, body, soul, death
Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.Quote by Theodore Parker about truth, soul, man
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.Quote by Theodore Parker about human imperfections, wealth, fire, fire brigade, heart
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.Quote by Theodore Parker about heart, wealth, human imperfections
A writer has a start, without any doubt, which begins every day.Quote by Tudor Arghezi about literature, doubt, writers, day
If you want to become a writer, dear reader, open the core and pull out from inkholder the universe.Quote by Tudor Arghezi about literature, writers