"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." ― Theodore Roosevelt Topic(s): Best More From Theodore Roosevelt "It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things." "Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young." "Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement." More In Best "There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us… and I will do my best."― Petra Nemcova "The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man."― Euripides "I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."― Gilbert K. Chesterton