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How does Discipline connect to the bigger picture? Theodore Roosevelt understood these relationships deeply. This collection shows you how they integrated Discipline into their broader philosophy, with each quote fully sourced. Use it to build coherent mental models rather than collecting isolated ideas. When you need Theodore Roosevelt's systematic thinking on Discipline, start here.
"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."
"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it."
"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."
"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."
"With self-discipline most anything is possible."
"The absence of a sense of responsibility is the hallmark of the man who has wealth and nothing else."
"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."
"The absence of reward should not be a cause for the absence of effort."
"The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight."
"Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive."
"With self-discipline almost anything is possible."
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
"The man who is too lazy to work for his own support is not a good citizen."
"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life."
"There is no substitute for hard work."
"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."
"Physical thickness is of no use if there is not mental and moral strength back of it."
"The man who is not a good citizen is not a good American."
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