#practicality — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.evshift.com/456969/the-bmw-m340i-xdrive-walkaround-raw-power-refined-practicality/ The BMW M340i xDrive Walkaround: Raw Power, Refined Practicality #bmw #BmwUsa #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #m340i #power #practicality #Raw #refined #Walkaround #xDrive

Home Gardeners Are Planting Food Instead of Flowers This Year, And Some Neighbors Say the Yards Are Starting to Look “Too Functional” https://www.allforgardening.com/1758874/home-gardeners-are-planting-food-instead-of-flowers-this-year-and-some-neighbors-say-the-yards-are-starting-to-look-too-functional/ #garden #gardener #gardening #neighbors #practicality

Home Gardeners Are Planting Food Instead of Flowers This Year, And Some Neighbors Say the Yards Are Starting to Look “Too Functional” https://www.allforgardening.com/1758874/home-gardeners-are-planting-food-instead-of-flowers-this-year-and-some-neighbors-say-the-yards-are-starting-to-look-too-functional/ #garden #gardener #gardening #neighbors #practicality

https://www.evshift.com/452410/new-mg-s9-2026-plug-in-hybrid-suv-trunk-measurements-practicality-mgs9-mg-trunk-practicality/ New MG S9 2026 Plug-in Hybrid SUV Trunk Measurements & Practicality #mgs9 #mg #trunk #practicality #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Hybrid #Hybrids #Measurements #mg #MgS92026 #MgS9PlugInHybrid2026 #MGS9 #Mgs9Phev #Mgs9TrunkSpace #PlugInHybrids #PlugIn #practicality #SUV #trunk

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #art #artistry #commercialism #creativity #earnings #income #makingaliving #makingmoney #practicality #pragmatism #publicopinion #responsibility #writing

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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This amused me. I have to say (as a man)I am being on record as saying that it is a crying shame I can’t get running togs and outdoor clothing from companies I would prefer to give my business to that are in bright colours.

#clothing #discrimination #practicality #Cartoon

This amused me. I have to say (as a man)I am being on record as saying that it is a crying shame I can’t get running togs and outdoor clothing from companies I would prefer to give my business to that are in bright colours.

#clothing #discrimination #practicality #Cartoon

This amused me. I have to say (as a man)I am being on record as saying that it is a crying shame I can’t get running togs and outdoor clothing from companies I would prefer to give my business to that are in bright colours.

#clothing #discrimination #practicality #Cartoon

This amused me. I have to say (as a man)I am being on record as saying that it is a crying shame I can’t get running togs and outdoor clothing from companies I would prefer to give my business to that are in bright colours.

#clothing #discrimination #practicality #Cartoon

This amused me. I have to say (as a man)I am being on record as saying that it is a crying shame I can’t get running togs and outdoor clothing from companies I would prefer to give my business to that are in bright colours.

#clothing #discrimination #practicality #Cartoon

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, Chicago

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, Chicago

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, Chicago

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, Chicago

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

To accomplish almost anything worthwhile, it is necessary to compromise between the ideal and the practical.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Quoted in Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, “How the President Works,” Harper’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 173 (1936-06)

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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

To accomplish almost anything worthwhile, it is necessary to compromise between the ideal and the practical.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Quoted in Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, “How the President Works,” Harper’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 173 (1936-06)

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Melanie Winter fought for the Los Angeles River with urgency

Nov. 1, 2025 7 AM PT To the editor: Those of us who wor…
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I think we all struggle with at least some of these. Introspection is core to building a successful plan of action - and worldview

I think we all struggle with at least some of these. Introspection is core to building a successful plan of action - and worldview

https://piefed.social/c/PLT/p/1409362/i-think-we-all-struggle-with-at-least-some-of-these-introspection-is-core-to-building-a

I think we all struggle with at least some of these. Introspection is core to building a successful plan of action - and worldview

I think we all struggle with at least some of these. Introspection is core to building a successful plan of action - and worldview

https://piefed.social/c/PLT/p/1409362/i-think-we-all-struggle-with-at-least-some-of-these-introspection-is-core-to-building-a

Ah, the eternal quest to make #Scheme "practical"—because what the world really needs is more beta-level #libraries from someone's basement to replace perfectly good tools. 🙃 Why use robust, widely-adopted solutions when you can complicate your life with yet another #pet project that no one asked for? 🚀
https://practical-scheme.net/index.html#docs #Practicality #Beta #Projects #Developer #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the eternal quest to make #Scheme "practical"—because what the world really needs is more beta-level #libraries from someone's basement to replace perfectly good tools. 🙃 Why use robust, widely-adopted solutions when you can complicate your life with yet another #pet project that no one asked for? 🚀
https://practical-scheme.net/index.html#docs #Practicality #Beta #Projects #Developer #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the eternal quest to make #Scheme "practical"—because what the world really needs is more beta-level #libraries from someone's basement to replace perfectly good tools. 🙃 Why use robust, widely-adopted solutions when you can complicate your life with yet another #pet project that no one asked for? 🚀
https://practical-scheme.net/index.html#docs #Practicality #Beta #Projects #Developer #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the eternal quest to make #Scheme "practical"—because what the world really needs is more beta-level #libraries from someone's basement to replace perfectly good tools. 🙃 Why use robust, widely-adopted solutions when you can complicate your life with yet another #pet project that no one asked for? 🚀
https://practical-scheme.net/index.html#docs #Practicality #Beta #Projects #Developer #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

https://www.evshift.com/340811/comfort-and-practicality-without-compromise-toyota-yaris-and-yaris-cross/ Comfort and practicality without compromise. Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross. #comfort #Compromise #Cross #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #practicality #Toyota #ToyotaUk #Yaris

🚀 Ah, an 8-minute odyssey on why #Zig is the unsung hero of #CLI #tools, because everyone knows real programmers measure #practicality in heaps and stacks. 🧐 But wait, does this mean #Rust is just a rusty relic now? 🛠️
https://dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools/ #programming #tech #discussion #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, an 8-minute odyssey on why #Zig is the unsung hero of #CLI #tools, because everyone knows real programmers measure #practicality in heaps and stacks. 🧐 But wait, does this mean #Rust is just a rusty relic now? 🛠️
https://dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools/ #programming #tech #discussion #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, an 8-minute odyssey on why #Zig is the unsung hero of #CLI #tools, because everyone knows real programmers measure #practicality in heaps and stacks. 🧐 But wait, does this mean #Rust is just a rusty relic now? 🛠️
https://dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools/ #programming #tech #discussion #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, an 8-minute odyssey on why #Zig is the unsung hero of #CLI #tools, because everyone knows real programmers measure #practicality in heaps and stacks. 🧐 But wait, does this mean #Rust is just a rusty relic now? 🛠️
https://dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools/ #programming #tech #discussion #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, an 8-minute odyssey on why #Zig is the unsung hero of #CLI #tools, because everyone knows real programmers measure #practicality in heaps and stacks. 🧐 But wait, does this mean #Rust is just a rusty relic now? 🛠️
https://dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools/ #programming #tech #discussion #HackerNews #ngated

🎬💻 Oh sure, John! Let's all ditch our sturdy laptop bags for flimsy movie props because who needs #practicality when you can look like you're constantly filming a low-budget heist? 🙄 Just wait until it rains, and your "ultimate" bag turns into a soggy plot twist. 🌧🛍
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/09/is-movie-prop-ultimate-laptop-bag.html #laptopbags #movieprops #fashionfail #soggyplotwist #HackerNews #ngated

🎬💻 Oh sure, John! Let's all ditch our sturdy laptop bags for flimsy movie props because who needs #practicality when you can look like you're constantly filming a low-budget heist? 🙄 Just wait until it rains, and your "ultimate" bag turns into a soggy plot twist. 🌧🛍
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/09/is-movie-prop-ultimate-laptop-bag.html #laptopbags #movieprops #fashionfail #soggyplotwist #HackerNews #ngated

🎬💻 Oh sure, John! Let's all ditch our sturdy laptop bags for flimsy movie props because who needs #practicality when you can look like you're constantly filming a low-budget heist? 🙄 Just wait until it rains, and your "ultimate" bag turns into a soggy plot twist. 🌧🛍
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/09/is-movie-prop-ultimate-laptop-bag.html #laptopbags #movieprops #fashionfail #soggyplotwist #HackerNews #ngated

🎬💻 Oh sure, John! Let's all ditch our sturdy laptop bags for flimsy movie props because who needs #practicality when you can look like you're constantly filming a low-budget heist? 🙄 Just wait until it rains, and your "ultimate" bag turns into a soggy plot twist. 🌧🛍
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/09/is-movie-prop-ultimate-laptop-bag.html #laptopbags #movieprops #fashionfail #soggyplotwist #HackerNews #ngated

Call upon Virgo's vibes during your birth month or anytime through the year with our exclusive Virgo Zodiac Kit! Virgo's signature scent blend is Lavender, Sandalwood, and Patchouli. An amazonite bracelet with a Virgo charm makes this energy pop!

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Call upon Virgo's vibes during your birth month or anytime through the year with our exclusive Virgo Zodiac Kit! Virgo's signature scent blend is Lavender, Sandalwood, and Patchouli. An amazonite bracelet with a Virgo charm makes this energy pop!

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Call upon Virgo's vibes during your birth month or anytime through the year with our exclusive Virgo Zodiac Kit! Virgo's signature scent blend is Lavender, Sandalwood, and Patchouli. An amazonite bracelet with a Virgo charm makes this energy pop!

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   It is not possible to lay down an inflexible rule as to when compromise is right and when wrong; when it is a sign of the highest statesmanship to temporize, and when it is merely a proof of weakness. Now and then one can stand uncompromisingly for a naked principle and force people up to it. This is always the attractive course; but in certain great crises it may be a very wrong course. Compromise, in the proper sense, merely means agreement; in the proper sense opportunism should merely mean doing the best possible with actual conditions as they exist.
   A compromise which results in a half-step toward evil is all wrong, just as the opportunist who saves himself for the moment by adopting a policy which is fraught with future disaster is all wrong; but no less wrong is the attitude of those who will not come to an agreement through which, or will not follow the course by which, it is alone possible to accomplish practical results for good.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   It is not possible to lay down an inflexible rule as to when compromise is right and when wrong; when it is a sign of the highest statesmanship to temporize, and when it is merely a proof of weakness. Now and then one can stand uncompromisingly for a naked principle and force people up to it. This is always the attractive course; but in certain great crises it may be a very wrong course. Compromise, in the proper sense, merely means agreement; in the proper sense opportunism should merely mean doing the best possible with actual conditions as they exist.
   A compromise which results in a half-step toward evil is all wrong, just as the opportunist who saves himself for the moment by adopting a policy which is fraught with future disaster is all wrong; but no less wrong is the attitude of those who will not come to an agreement through which, or will not follow the course by which, it is alone possible to accomplish practical results for good.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #accomplishment #possibility #brightline #compromise #goodandevil #longterm #mutualagreement #necessaryevil #opportunist #practicality #pragmatism #principle #shortterm #temporization

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   It is not possible to lay down an inflexible rule as to when compromise is right and when wrong; when it is a sign of the highest statesmanship to temporize, and when it is merely a proof of weakness. Now and then one can stand uncompromisingly for a naked principle and force people up to it. This is always the attractive course; but in certain great crises it may be a very wrong course. Compromise, in the proper sense, merely means agreement; in the proper sense opportunism should merely mean doing the best possible with actual conditions as they exist.
   A compromise which results in a half-step toward evil is all wrong, just as the opportunist who saves himself for the moment by adopting a policy which is fraught with future disaster is all wrong; but no less wrong is the attitude of those who will not come to an agreement through which, or will not follow the course by which, it is alone possible to accomplish practical results for good.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

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https://www.evshift.com/323044/lexus-rz-300e-electric-suv-practicality-lexus-uk-lexus-electricsuv-electricvehicle/ Lexus RZ 300e Electric SUV – Practicality | Lexus UK #lexus #electricsuv #electricvehicle #300e #ELECTRIC #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #electricsuv #electricvehicle #EV #lexus #LexusUK #practicality #SUV

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
   There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
   There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
   There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
   There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #cynicism #effectiveness #efficiency #idealism #practicality #pragmatism #progress #reform #righteousness #selfinterest #selfrighteousness

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
   There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
   There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
   There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
   There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #cynicism #effectiveness #efficiency #idealism #practicality #pragmatism #progress #reform #righteousness #selfinterest #selfrighteousness