It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. – Theodore Roosevelt
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. – Theodore Roosevelt
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. – Theodore Roosevelt
One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it wont jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing. – Jeff Goodell