Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
If there is not the war, you dont get the great general if there i

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you dont get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt

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It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. – Theodore Roosevelt

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All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Dont wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them. – Orison Swett Marden

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