It is the kind of work the doing of which is of infinite importance both from the standpoint of the state and from the standpoint of the individual; yet it is a work which, to be successful, must emphatically be a labor of love.
From his essay "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt describes the essential qualities of impactful public service and community work.
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I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
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