Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The only first-rate work is the work done by the man who does it for the sake of doing it well, who counts the deed itself as his reward."

"In the unending strife for civic betterment, small is the use of these people who mean well, but who mean well feebly."

"If he does not have it, no matter what other qualities he may have, he will find himself at the mercy of those who, without possessing his desire to do right, know only too well how to make the wrong ..."

"The only first-rate work is the work done by the man who does it for the sake of doing it well."