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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. I want to see you shoot the way you shout. No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. I am only an average man, but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man. Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs. I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character! Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. The worst of all fears is the fear of living. It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honesdy endeavors to do right, he shall himself be given a square deal. I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff. I want to see you shoot the way you shout. I feel like a Bull Moose. Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words." When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a "weasel word" after another there is nothing left of the other. |