Some quotations from Theodore Roosevelt

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There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.