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There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

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People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

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Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

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People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

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