A clay bowl with a green seedling next to a small stack of copper coins on a blue surface.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A practical maxim: begin with your own resources and circumstances instead of waiting for better ones. Action is measured by what is actually possible from where one stands, so modest effort with ordinary means counts, and lacking ideal conditions is no reason to do nothing.

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