Theodore Roosevelt
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Agency — The Turning Point
Agency is the hidden strength beneath every virtue, the power to direct your life rather than drift through it. After thirteen weeks of practiced discipline, this is the turning point: intention, responsibility, discipline, courage, and self-government rising into a directed life. Agency is yours. Use it with purpose. Continue reading
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Virtue Series | Week 6 – Industry
Industry is more than busyness, it’s purposeful work that redeems the hours. Franklin saw it as the soil of every other virtue. Roosevelt called it “work worth doing.” True industry aligns effort with meaning, balancing diligence and rest, so each day builds toward usefulness, service, and quiet strength. Continue reading
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Thirteen Weeks, Thirteen Virtues
13 weeks. 13 virtues. Inspired by Ben Franklin’s system of moral improvement, I’m tracking and reflecting on one virtue each week—starting with Temperance. This isn’t self-help fluff. It’s a disciplined return to first principles. Continue reading
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Quote to Ponder ~ Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin emphasizes that competition among artists seldom leads to greatness, while inspiration does. Comparison can diminish joy, but being inspired by others encourages higher creative aspirations. The collaboration between artists like the Beach Boys and Beatles illustrates this, showcasing how mutual admiration fuels artistic excellence and collective growth in creativity. Continue reading
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Daring Greatly
Photo Credit: TED.com “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” The title, Daring Greatly, is from Theodore Roosevelt’s famous speech, “Citizen in a Republic.” Considering the focus of this book is on the courage to live vulnerably, the title’s source is hugely appropriate. “It Continue reading
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The Man In The Arena ~Theodore Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who Continue reading
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The Strenuous Life
Excerpt from The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, 1902 By Theodore Roosevelt I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Theodore Roosevelt
“We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Continue reading
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