Honesty first; then courage; then brains – and all are indispensable.
Theodore Roosevelt
Orion's Cold Fire
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
Honesty first; then courage; then brains – and all are indispensable.
Theodore Roosevelt
[I]n the long run, in the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against that assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities, which we group together under the name of character….
Theodore Roosevelt wrote this in 1900, after he had been shaped by his wartime experiences but before he entered the presidency. It was another restatement of what he believed to be the most important determinant for success in life: a moral character.