Teddy had it
so right!  Not Kennedy, but Roosevelt!





Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in
1907.

 

"In the first place, we
should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an
American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality
with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man
because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the
person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an
American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an
American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for
but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and
that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and
that is a loyalty to the American people." ---

Theodore Roosevelt
1907

Every
American citizen needs to read
this!

"Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms
character."
--Anthony Robbins

"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."
--Helen Keller

"Guts are a combination of confidence, courage,
conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone,
and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and
stay at the top."
--D.A. Benton

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every
experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face... You must do the
thing which you think you cannot do."
--Eleanor Roosevelt

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed
of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents
opportunity."
--John F. Kennedy

"Luck is not chance - It's toil - Fortune's expensive
smile - Is earned."
--Emily Dickinson

"Luck is when preparedness meets
opportunity."
--Earl Nightingale

REPUTATION

"It is far more
impressive when others discover your good qualities without your
help." -- Judith
Martin

"Nice guys finish best."  -- Denis Waitley

"When people ask
each other for a referral, or a business reference -- it's given based on their
past personal experience -- or what they 'heard' from others. What's the word
out on you?"  -- Jeffrey
Gitomer

"Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to...
But be respected -- that is essential."    -- Anna Gould

"Better to do
something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." -- Dr.
Robert Schuller (1926 - ) American minister

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being
unwilling to learn." 
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American
Scientist/Publisher/Diplomat

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals
is to educate a menace to
society." – Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th
President of the United
States

"A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that
the  
universe is woven out of a fabric of love.
Everything  
that is happening is ultimately for the good if
we're  
willing to face it head-on and use our adversities
for  
soul growth."  
--Joan Borysenko,
Ph.D.  

 "Expect people to be better than they are; it
helps them  
  to become better. But don't be disappointed
when they  
  are  not; it helps them to keep
trying. "  
  -- Merry Browne  

RESULTS

"What you make of your life is
up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie
inside of you." -- Denis
Waitley

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I
have ended up where I intended to be." -- Douglas Adams

"We will receive not what
we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact
proportion to our service." -- Earl
Nightingale

"Progress in mediation comes swiftly for those who try
their hardest." -- Pantanjali
"If you could once make up your mind in the fear
of God never to undertake more work of any sort than you can carry on calmly,
quietly, without hurry or flurry, and the instant you feel yourself growing
nervous and like one out of breath, would stop and take breath, you would find
this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever
accomplish."
-- Elizabeth Prentiss

"People only begin to grow when
they cease to whine and revile, and commence to search for the hidden justice
which regulates their lives.  And as they adapt their minds to that
regulating factor, they cease to accuse others as the cause of their condition,
and build themselves up in strong and noble thoughts.  They cease to kick
against circumstances, but begin to use them as aids to their more rapid
progress, and as a means of discovering the hidden powers and possibilities
within themselves."
-- James Allen

"When it is obvious that the
goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the
goals, adjust the action steps." –
Confucius, 551-479 B.C., Chinese Ethical
Teacher and Philosopher

"It
is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself
and
claims kindred to the great God who made him." – Abraham Lincoln,
1809-1865,
16th President of the United States 

Have a terrific
day!