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Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
"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."
"The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty."
"In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: hit the line hard."
"Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking."
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
"In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood."
"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."
"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."
"The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."
"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind."
"The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it."
"There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to mean horses and gunfighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid."
"The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic—the man who actually does the work even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."
"The best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing."
"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."
"Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place."
"To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men doing."
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
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